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Durga’s mother gave some ten Rupee notes and some 5 rupee notes to her, which amounts to Rs. 190. Durga said, ‘if the number of 10 rupee notes and 5 rupee

notes would have been interchanged, I would have Rs. 185 in my hand.’

So how many notes of rupee 10 and rupee 5 were given to Durga?

(Q)

Sol.

Rs. 10 note

Rs. 5 note

No. of notes

x

y

= Amount

No. of notes

×

Denomination

= 20

2

×

10

= 40

4

×

10

= 10x

x

×

10

Amount

10x

5y

190

Total

10y

5x

185

Let the number of notes of Rs. 10 be x and number of notes of Rs. 5 be y

The amount will be

There are two types of notes

Rs. 5 Note

Rs. 10 Note

Since we don’t know the how many Rs. 10 and Rs. 5 notes were given to Durga

Let us assume

We have to find the number of notes of each types

Let us take an example

If there are two notes of rupees 10

If there are four notes of rupees 10

The amount will be

For Rs. 10 notes amount will be

There are y notes of Rs. 5

There are x notes of Rs. 10

And the total amount is given as

So here we can conclude

So if there are x notes of Rs. 10

For Rs. 5 notes amount will be

And the total amount is given as

The amount will be

The amount will be

As per the 1st given condition,

10x

+

5y

= 190

Dividing throughout by 5, we get

2x

+

y

= 38

........(i)

As per the 2nd given condition,

5x

+

10y

= 185

Dividing throughout by 5, we get

x

+

2y

= 37

........(ii)

How many types of notes are there

What do we have to find?

Let us understand the sum with the help of a table

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Durga’s mother gave some ten Rupee notes and some 5 rupee notes to her, which amounts to Rs. 190. Durga said, ‘if the number of 10 rupee notes and 5 rupee

notes would have been interchanged, I would have Rs. 185 in my hand.’

So how many notes of rupee 10 and rupee 5 were given to Durga?

(Q)

As per the 1st given condition,

2x

+

y

= 38

........(i)

As per the 2nd given condition,

x

+

2y

= 37

........(ii)

Multiplying (ii) by 2, we get

Durga has 13 notes of Rs.10 and 12 notes of Rs.5

Sol.

Let the number of notes of Rs. 10 be x and number of notes of Rs. 5 be y

2x

+

4y

= 74

........(iii)

Subtracting (i) from (iii),

2x + 4y = 74

2x + y = 38

3y

(–) (–) (–)

= 36

 

∴ y = 12

Substituting y = 12 in (ii),

x

+ 2(12)

= 37

x

+ 24

= 37

x

=

x

= 13

37

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