Question

The cost of a pencil is 10 times more than the cost of an eraser. If the cost of 5 pencils and 4 erasers is 40.
find the cost of each​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the cost of 1 eraser be x

Then cost of each pencil will be 10x

According to the question,

(5 x 10x) + (4x) = 40

50x + 4x  = 40

54x = 40

x = 40/54