On a particular day, sweets were to be equally distributed among $495$ students of a school. However, on that particular day $396$ students from a nearby school also joined them. Hence each student present on that day got four sweets less. How many sweets were distributed?

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Solution

The correct option is C $4455$
Let the number of sweets be $x$ .
$\frac{x}{495} - \frac{x}{495 + 396} = 4$
Solving we get $x = 4455$ .
Hence the correct answer is optionn C.

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On a particular day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 495 students of a school. However, on that particular day 396 students from a nearby school also joined them. Hence each student present on that day got four sweets less. How many sweets were distributed?

The correct option is C 4455Let the number of sweets be x.x495−x495+396=4Solving we get x=4455.Hence the correct answer is optionn C.

On a particular day, sweets were to be equally distributed among $495$ students of a school. However, on that particular day $396$ students from a nearby school also joined them. Hence each student present on that day got four sweets less. How many sweets were distributed?

The correct option is C $4455$
Let the number of sweets be $x$ .
$\frac{x}{495} - \frac{x}{495 + 396} = 4$
Solving we get $x = 4455$ .
Hence the correct answer is optionn C.