Question

the price of pen is Rs.42 and of a notebook is Rs .18,calculate how many pens and notebook you can buy for Rs.480 if you want to buy an equal quantity of both

Answer 1

42x+18x=480
60x=480
x=480÷60
x=8

She has to buy 8 pen and 8 notebooks.

Answer 2

The answer is 8.

GIVEN

The price of pen is Rs.42 and of a notebook is Rs .18.

TO FIND

How many pens and notebooks you can buy for Rs.480?

SOLUTION

We can simply solve the above problem as follows;

Let the number of pens and notebooks = x

Price of x pens = 42x

Price of x notebooks = 18x

Therefore,

42x + 18x = 480

60x = 480

x = 480/60

x = 8

Hence, The answer is 8 pens

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