How many buses do my company owns at present
I am the manager of a bus company. We recently expanded and as a result there was no room for all the buses. This left twelve buses out of the perimeter.
We then decided to increase the garage space and managed to increase it by forty percent. Now, there was enough room for all the buses and also, we were left with space for twelve more buses for future.
Given the data, can you calculate the number of buses my company owns at present?
72
Space available today is of buses in the garage only.Let that be x. Number of buses today =x+12
Now given that 0.4x=12+12
-> x=60
Thus Number of buses=60+12=72
72
Let the space be X and number of buses today Y. Before expanding X was enough for Y-12 buses. After expanding 40% it can contains Y+12 buses
so 1) X = y-12 >> y = x+12
2) 1.4x = y+12 >> 1.4x = x +12+12 >> 0.4x = 24 >> X=60 >> y =x+12 > 72
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