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A person took part in a cycling race with many others. After pedaling for several minutes, he found that 1/5 th of the racers ahead of him and 5/6 th of the cyclist behind him together formed the total number of participants. How many people participated in the race?

Asked In Infosys Aditi Sharma (13 years ago)

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Revathi  (13 years ago)

let x be the no. of persons
from data given in the problem ((x/5)+(5x/6)+1)=x
therefore x=-30

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Dr.Dipin Singh  (13 years ago)

pls check the statement if correct.

If x is total number of participants and y are ahead that person,
then according to given statement
x = (y/5)+ (x-1-y)*5/6 which means 30x = 6y +25x-25-25y or 5x= -19y-25 which means one of x or y is negative which is not possible.

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Dolly  (13 years ago)

If x persons are ahead and y persons are behind him , then

as per given condition

x+y+1= x/5 + (5/6)*y which is not possible. Can someone clarify please ?

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mohd anas  (13 years ago)

30

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