Gopi has 19 pencils which are one less than twice the pencils that Ram has. Find the number of pencils Ram has?
13
Let x be the pencils that Ram has .
One less than twice the pencils that Ram has ⇒ 2x -1
Gopi has 19 pencils which are one less than twice the pencils that Ram has. ⇒ 2x -1 =19
⇒ 2x = 19+1
⇒ 2x = 20
Divide both the sides by 2 . we get..
x= 10