A city bus is carrying 70 passengers some with 50 paise tickets and the remaining with one rupees ticket find the total amount received by the conductor was 56 find out the number of passengers of each type
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A city bus is carrying 70 passenger some with 50 paise tickets and the remaining with one rupee ticket
no of passenger buy 50 paise tickets be x
no of passenger buy 1 rupee ticket be 70 - x
total amount collected by conductor is 56
so, 50x + (70 - x)100 = 5600
50x + 7000 - 100x = 5600
-50x = 5600 - 7000
-50x = -1400
x = 1400/50
x = 28
no of passenger buy 50 paise tickets is x = 28
no of passenger buy 1 rupee ticket is 70 - x = 70 - 28 = 42
no of passenger buy 50 paise tickets be x
no of passenger buy 1 rupee ticket be 70 - x
total amount collected by conductor is 56
so, 50x + (70 - x)100 = 5600
50x + 7000 - 100x = 5600
-50x = 5600 - 7000
-50x = -1400
x = 1400/50
x = 28
no of passenger buy 50 paise tickets is x = 28
no of passenger buy 1 rupee ticket is 70 - x = 70 - 28 = 42
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