Question

Oranges are to be transferred from larger boxes into smaller boxes. When a large box is emptied, the oranges from it fill two smaller boxes and still 10 oranges remain outside. If the number of oranges in a small box are taken to be , x what is the number of oranges in the larger box?

Answer 1

Number of oranges in one box = $x$
Number of boxes = $2$
Therefore, total number of oranges in boxes = $2x$
Remaining oranges = $10$
Thus, number of oranges = $2x+10$