Question

a pen cost eight times as that of a pencil if Hari buys five pencils and two pens and pays rupees 126 what is the cost of a pencil and what is the cost of a pen

Answer 1

Let no of pencil is = x

LET NO OF PEN is= 8x{ because it is 8 times}

5x+16x=126{5 pencil 2 pen}

21x=126

X=126/21

X=6

Therefore cost of pencil is 6&of pen is 6×5=30