A trader buys x articles for a total cost of Rs. 600.
(i) Write down the cost of one article in terms of x. If the cost per article were Rs. 5 more, the number of articles that can be bought for Rs. 600 would be four less.
(ii) Write down the equation in x for the above situation and solve it to find x. (1999)
Solution:
A shopkeeper buys a certain number of books for Rs 960. If the cost per book was Rs 8 less, the number of books that could be bought for Rs 960 would be 4 more. Taking the original cost of each book to be Rs x, write an equation in x and solve it to find the original cost of each book.
Solution:
More Solutions:
- Which of the following is a quadratic equation.
- If 1/2 is a root of the equation.
- The roots of the equation x2 – 3x – 10 = 0.
- If the equation 2x² – 5x + (k + 3) = 0 has equal roots
- If the equation 3x² – kx + 2k =0 roots.
- If the equation 2x² – 6x + p = 0 has real.
- Which of the following equations has no real roots.