Ifa box of sweets is divided among 24 children, they will get 5 sweetseach. How many would each get, if the number of the children isreduced by 4?
Number of remaining children = 24 − 4 = 20
Let the number ofsweets which each of the 20 students will get, be x.
The following table isobtained.
| Number of students | 24 | 20 |
| Number of sweets | 5 | x |
If the number ofstudents is lesser, then each student will get more number of sweets.
Since this is a case ofinverse proportion,
24 × 5 = 20 ×x
Hence, each studentwill get 6 sweets.