Question

One-fourth of a herd of camels was seen in the forest. Twice the square root of the herd had gone to mountains and the remaining 15 camels were seen on the bank of a river. Find the total number of camels.

Answer 1

Let x be total number of camels,

Now, by hypothesis, we have

But the number of camel can not be a fraction

Hence, number of camels = 36.