Question

if a pairof shoes costRS 106.35 and a pair of sockes cost RS.18.65,how many sets of shoesandsockescanbe boughtwith RS 1000

Answer 1

let the no.of socks and shoes be x.

then, no.of shoes will be:-106.35x

no.of socks will be :-18.65x

no.of sets of shoes and socks will be:-106.35x+18.65x=1000

125x=1000

x=1000/125

x=8.

sets of shoes =106.35x=106.35(8)=851

sets of socks=18.65x=18.65(8)=149

Answer 2

9 pairs of shoes and 54 pairs of socks