Math, asked by amogh68, 9 months ago

5. The organisers of an essay competition decide that a winner in the
competition gets a prize of 100 and a participant who does not win gets
a prize of 25. The total prize money distributed is 3,000. Find the
number of winners, if the total number of participants is 63.​

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Answered by srivaishnaviparamatm
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Answer:

Let the no. of winners be x

& the no. of runner ups be 63-x

100(x) + 25(63-x) = 3000

100x + 1575 - 25x = 3000

75x + 1575 = 3000

75x = 3000 - 1575

75x = 1425

x = 1425/75

x = 19

No. of winners = 19

No. of runner ups = 44.

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