Question

. Tickets sold for a school exhibition brought in 10 500, 66 =% of which was given as
3
scholarships to poor students. If the rest was used to buy books for the library, how much
money was used to buy books?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Tickets sold for exhibition =Rs10,500

% given as scholarship =66

3

2

%=

3

200

%

⇒ Money given as scholarship =

3

200

% of 10,500

=

100

3

200

×10,500

=

300

200

×10,500

=Rs7000/−

⇒ Rest money used to buy for books =10,500−7000

=Rs3,500

Money used to buy books Rs3500/−

Hence, the answer is Rs3500.