Question

Five classmates came to Dan’s birthday party.Thus is as many as the number of friends from his summer camp,and one third as many as the number of his relatives that were there.How many people were at Dan’s birthday party

Answer 1

I think it is 25 sorry if im wrong

Answer 2

There were 25 guest in Dan's party.

Explanation:

We are given the following information in the question:

Number of classmates came to Dan’s birthday party = 5

Number of friends from his summer camp = Number of classmates came to Dan’s birthday party = 5

Number of relatives in Dan's party =

Let x be the number of relatives, then,

`\displaystyle(x)/(3) = 5\\\\x = 15`

Total number of guest in Dan's party =

`\text{Number of classmates came to Dan’s birthday party} +\\ \text{Number of friends from his summer camp } + \\\text{Number of relatives}\\= 5 + 5 + 15\\=25`

Hence, there were 25 guest in Dan's party.