Gaurav spent 1/3 of his pocket money on books and 3/4 of the remaining on chocolates. If he spent a total of Rs. 62.50. How much money did he have at first?
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Let's first take the original amount of money Gaurav has as 'x'
He first spends 1/3 of his money on books. So, the amount of money he spent on books is x/3.
Next, he spends 3/4 of the REMAINING on chocolates. The amount of money he has left after buying the books is x - (x/3). Which is 2x/3. But Gaurav spends 3/4 of this money to buy the chocolates. The amount of money he spent is (3/4)(2x/3) which is x/2
The total amount of money he spent is x/2 + x/3 which is 5x/6
We know that he spent a total of 62.5 ; Getting this into equation, we get:
5x/6 = 62.5
... 5x = 6 × 62.5
... 5x = 375
... x = 75
Hence, the total money had was Rs.75
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The total number of money had was Rs 75.
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