Question

the total cost of 6 books and 7 pens is 79 rupees and total cost of 7 books and 5 pens is 77 rupees find the cost of 1 book and 2 pens

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Answer 1

35a + 49b – 35a – 25b = 553 – 385

⇒ 24b = 168

⇒ b = Rs. 7 Substituting value of b in eq1, we get

⇒ 5a + 49 = 79

⇒ a = Rs. 6 Cost of 1 book and 2 pens = 6 + 2 × 7 = Rs.

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Answer 2

A simile puts forth a comparison between two things using “like” or “as.” In “Night of the Scorpion,” this device is used in “The peasants came like swarms of flies.” The peasants are compared to swarms of files as they came in a large number. They came to help the stung mother.