Question

karan bought some pencils and pens .pencils were 35 more then the pens , if the ratio of the pencils to the pens was 8:3 . how many of each type did he buy?​

Answer 1

Let no of pencil be 8x

so pens =3x

so 8x-3x =35

5x =35

x=7

so pens =3x=21

pencils=8x=56