Question

Priyanka subtracts thrice the number of apples she has from 65 . She finds the result to be 14. How many apples did she have?

Answer 1

Let the number of apples be x.

65 - 3x = 14

3x = 65 -14

3x= 51

x = 51 / 3

x= 17

So the number of apples is 17