1 /8 of the passengers of a train where children if there were 40 children travelling in the train on - Maths - Fractions and Decimals

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?

Sanjari Kalantri · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

Let the total number of passengers in the train be x
According to question,18x = number of children = 40⇒ x = 40 × 8 = 320 = total no
 of passengers∴ No
 of adults = total no
 of passengers - no
 of children                              = 320 - 40 = 280

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?