Question

A bus is carrying 40 passengers some with 25p.tickets and the remainder with 35p.tickets. If the total receipts from these passengers are rupees 11.25. Find the number of 25p.tickets.

Answer 1

let x and 40-x passenger
25/100x +35/100(40-x)=11.25
.25x+ 14-.35x=11.25
14-11.25=.10x
2.75=.1x
27.5=x
may be this is the answer