Question

The taxi charges in a city comprise of the fixed charge together with the charge for the distance covered for a journey of 10 km the charges paid are rs75 and for a journey of 15 km the charge paid are rs110 what will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 25km

Answer 1

let fix charge be rupess x and charge for the distance covered be rupess y
a/q
x+10y= 75 ---------(!)
again
x+15y=110----------(!!)
(!!)---(!)
x+15y=110
x+ 10 y=75
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5y =35
y= 7
and x= 5
total cost for 25 km
x+25 y= 5+25x7
=180 rupess

Answer 2

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