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Problem 4

A farming field can be ploughed by 6 tractors


in 4 days. When 6 tractors work together, each of
them ploughs 120 hectares a day. If two of the
tractors were moved to another field, then the
remaining 4 tractors could plough the same field
in 5 days. How many hectares a day would one
tractor plough then? 
Solution:
If each of 6 tractors ploughed 120 hectares a day and
they finished the work in 4 days, then the whole field
is: 120⋅6⋅4=720⋅4=2880 hectares. Let's suppose that
each of the four tractors ploughed x hectares a day.
Therefore in 5 days they ploughed
5⋅4⋅x=20⋅x hectares, which equals the area of the
whole field, 2880 hectares.
So, we get 20x=2880
x=288020=144. Hence, each of the four tractors
would plough 144 hectares a day.
Problem 5
A student chose a number, multiplied it by 2, then
subtracted 138 from the result and got 102. What
was the number he chose? 
Solution:
Let x be the number he chose, then
2⋅x−138=102
2x=240
x=120
Problem 6
I chose a number and divide it by 5. Then I
subtracted 154 from the result and got 6. What was
the number I chose?
Solution:
Let x be the number I chose, then
x5−154=6
x5=160
x=800

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