A certain number of apples are kept in five boxes; Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5 such that:

(i) The number of apples in Box 3 is one-sixth of the total apples in Box 5.
(ii) Box 2 has twice as many apples as Boxes 3 and 5 combined.
(iii) Box 1 has half as many apples as Box 5
(iv)Box 4 has 10 more apples than Box 1.
(v) Box 4 has 1/4 as many apples as Box 2.

Determine which boxes contain how many apples and the total number of apples in all the five boxes.

Box 1 - 60

Box 2 - 280

Box 3 - 20

Box 4 - 70

Box 5 - 120

Solved by simultanious equations. It has given me a lot of pleasure to do this as I am more of a word puzzle person

Posted by cyclothymic on 2007-03-05 18:25:26