Question

between two stations, the first, second and third class fares are in the ratio 9:7:2. The number of passengers travelling in a day are in ratio 5:3:2 respectively in above classes. if sale of tickets generated revenue of 98000 and if 200 passangers travelled by £rd class, what was the fare for first class?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let first, second, third class fare, 6x,4x,x resp

Let no. of the passenger of first, second, third be 2y,5y,50y resp

Total fare : 6x×2y+4x×5y+x×50y=12xy+20xy+50xy

82xy=12300

xy=150

Total collection from 1

st

class=12xy=12×150=1800

2

nd

class=20xy=20×150=3000

3

rd

class=50xy=50×150=7500