Question

1 /8 of the passengers of a train where children if there were 40 children travelling in the train on a certain day how many adults are there in the train that day?

Answer 1

Dear Student,

$$\begin{gathered} Letthetotalnumberofpassengersinthetrainbex. \\ Accordingtoquestion, \\ \frac{1}{8}x=numberofchildren=40 \\ \Rightarrow x=40\times 8=320=totalno.ofpassengers \\ \therefore No.ofadults=totalno.ofpassengers-no.ofchildren \\ =320-40=\boxed{\mathbf{280}} \end{gathered}$$