Question

Jeeva wanted to buy beads of three different colors to make a necklace for her mother as a surprise birthday gift. She selected three colors of beads in the store. The purple bead was 1 rupee each, the yellow bead was 50paise each and the red bead was 2 pause each. She wanted to spend 35 rupees. If she bought in sets of one color each, what will be the number of beads she bought? How many would she have bought in each color?

Answer 1

1x+0.5x+2x=35
x=35*10/35
x=10