Brian rented book from bookshop. Shop charges 2$ for first day and 3$ per day from second day onwards. Brian took more than 2 days to return the book and he paid 35$ while returning the book. How many days did he keep the book with him?
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The total number of days Brian had the book is 12
Solution:
The following data is given to us.
Shop charges 2$ for first day and 3$ per day from second day onwards. Brian took more than 2 days to return the book and he paid 35$ while returning the book.
Since the charge for the first day is different from that of the consecutive days, we can formulate an equation to solve this question as follows:
The final amount paid by Brian is $35.
Let us consider ‘x’ to be the number of days Brian had the book after the first day.
So,
2 + 3x = 35
3x = 35-2
3x = 33
x = 11
Therefore, Brian had the book for 11 days after the first day.
Hence the total number of days Brian had the book for is 12.
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