Doubt on Week 4 AQ 4.2 Question2

[Sangeetha L]

Deb and Ananya bought 20 toys together. From these 20 toys, Deb lost 3 toys and Ananya lost 4 toys. Product of the current number of their toys is 42. Can you form an equation for Deb to know how many toys did he have initially? [Let us assume Deb initially had 

x

 number of toys.]

Deb & Ananya bought toys together=20 toys

Assume equally split toys as

Deb=10 toys

In which 3 toys is lost 10-3=have 7 toys**

Ananya=10 toys

In which 4 toys is lost 10-4=have 6 toys **

yes the Product of current no of toys**=42

Initally assume Deb has 10 toys and 3 lost

(10+x) (10-3x)

100-40x-3x2=42

is this the way i solved this problem

Kindly advise is this correct way to solve this activity.

[Harikumar P]

Here is the procedure

D+A=20 means A=20-D

D loss 3 mean D-3

A loss 4 means A-4 =20-D-4=16-D

So (D-3)(16-D)=42

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[Sangeetha L]

Thank you Bhagav solution is really helpful.