Question

From a bus stand in Bangalore if we buy 2 tickets to malleswaram and 3 tickets to yeshwanthpur the total cost is 46 rupees but of we buy 3 tickets to malleswaram and 5 tickets to yeshwanthpurthe total cost is 74 rupees the fare from the bus stand to malleswaram is

Answer 1

Destination-. price. Number. cost

Malleswaram- x. 2. 2x-3y

Yeshwanthpur-. y. 3. 2x-3y

=2x+3y=46 --------1.

Also,3 tickets to Malleswaram

5 tickets to Yeshwanthpur

3x+5y=74-----------2.

so,y= 74-3x/5=46

10x+222-9x=230

x=230-222

x=8 Ans.