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There are Senior officers and Secretaries in an office. If went on leave, then every Secretary has two Senior officers. After that went on leave and now every Senior officer has . Then find out how many Secretaries were there initially.

  1. A
    30
  2. B
    40
  3. C
    25
  4. D
    35

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the initial number of Senior officers be and the initial number of Secretaries be .
*Condition 1: go on leave.**
The remaining number of secretaries is .
According to the condition, every secretary has senior officers:



*Condition 2: Next, go on leave.**
The remaining number of senior officers becomes .
Now, every senior officer has secretaries:



Now substitute Equation 1 into Equation 2:













Thus, there were initially in the office.

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There are Senior officers and Secretaries in an office. If went on leave, then every Secretary has two Senior officers. After that went on leave and now every Senior officer has . Then find out how many Secretaries were there initially.
A
30
B
40
C
25
D
35

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