Question

a horse and cart together cost rupees 1600 if the cost of the cart is one third of the cost of the horse find the cost of the cart and horse separately

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Let the cost of horse be 'x'
Cost of cart = 1/3*x = x/3
Horse + cart = 1600
So, the equation is
x + x/3 = 1600
4x/3 = 1600
x = 1600*3/4
x = 1200
So, cost of horse = 1200
Cost of cart = 1200/3 = 400
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Horse + cart = 1600
1200 + 400 = 1600

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