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TITA if 12 birds sit on each branch of tree,6 birds dont have place to 19 Jul 2019, 06:00
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If 12 birds sit on each branch of a tree,6 birds don't have a place to sit.if 15 birds sit on each branch, 2 branches are left vacant .find the number of birds and branches?

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TITA if 12 birds sit on each branch of tree,6 birds dont have place to 19 Jul 2019, 10:23
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Number of birds = 150

Number of branches = 12

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number of birds will be equal in both situation

let number of branches be x

12x + 6 = 15[x-2]
x=12

number of branches is 12 and number of birds 150