Question

In a piggy bank three are only 50p coins and 25p coins.There are twice as many 25p coins as there are 50p coins.if the total money in piggy bank is ₹180.Find the number of 50p coins

Answer 1

Given: number of 25p is twice of number of 50p coins and there are 1 80 rupees in the Piggy Bank.

if we take number of 50p coins as x

2x+x=180

now,3x=180

hence,x is 60

hence number of 50p coins is 60 and that of 25p coins is 120