Question

latha bought a pencil and a pen for seven and a half rupees.she gave her rs 10/-. The shopkeeper gave back the money in half and quarter rupees. What are the coins she got?

Answer 1

10-7=2.5 or you can say she got a coin of 2 RS and a coin of 1/2 rupeed

Answer 2

4 half rupee coins and 2 quarter rupee coins

Step-by-step explanation:

latha bought a pencil and a pen for seven and a half rupees = Rs. 7.5

money returned by the shopkeeper = 10 - 7.5 = Rs. 2.50

as given: The shopkeeper gave back the money in half and quarter rupees.

we know that half rupees = 50 paise

quarter rupees = 25  paise

Now, the shopkeeper can return Rs$2\frac{1}{2}$ in the following ways :

a) 1 half rupee coin and 8 quarter rupee coins

b) 4 half rupee coins and 2 quarter rupee coins

c) 2 half rupee coins and 6 quarter rupee coins

d) 3 half rupee coins and 4 quarter rupee coins

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