Question

The ghest score in an innings was 2/9 of the total and the next ghest was 2/9of the remainder. These score differ by 8 runs.what was the total

Answer 1

Let the total be x.

highest score =2x/9

remainder = x-2x/9 = 7x/9

next highest =2/9*7x/9 = 14x/81

 2x/9-14x/81 =18x-14x/81 = 4x/81

ATQ 4x/81 = 8 runs

x =8*81/4 = 162

Answer 2

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