Question

In flood victim relief fund each house of a locality of a town donated in rupees equal to half the number of houses. If the total donation is Rs. 6272, find the number of houses. How many rupees each house contributed ?
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

let x be the number of houses

total donation is equal to half of no.of houses.

total donation =6272

by condition,

6272 ÷ 2 = x

3136=x

there are 3,136 houses in total.

no.of rupees each house contributed = 6272÷3136

= 2

There are 3,136 houses in total and each house contributed 2 rupees.