Question

A man wished to give rupees 12 to each person and he felt short of rupees 6.when he wanted to distribute rupees9 to each person he found that rupees 3 were left over find how much money did he have and and how many persons were there

Answer 1

Answer: 3 persons and 30 Rupees

Step-by-step explanation:

Let no. of persons be 'x'

And total amount of money he had be 'T'

Since he was short of 6 rupees while distributing 12 rupees each,

12x = T+6  ...(1)

When distributing rupees 9 each, he had an excess of 3 rupees, and hence,

9x = T-3  ...(2)

On solving (1) & (2) we get,

x=3 ; T=30