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a lady has 25 paise coins and 50 paise coins in her bag.she has a total of 120 coins amounting to 50.what is the respective number of 25 paise and 50 paise coins?

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Jaya Khemani  (11 years ago)

Let number of 25 paise coins be 'x' and number of 50 paise coins be 'y'.
So, two equations will form.
25x + 50y = 5000 (As we're dealing with paises. Or you can convert into rupees as well by taking 0.25 Re and 0.50 Re)
x + y = 120.

Two equations and two variables. Solve it by any method.
And you'll get x = 40 and y = 80.

Check: 25x = 25(40) = 1000 paise = 10 Rs.
50y = 50(80) = 4000 paise = 40 Rs.

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nitu kumari  (11 years ago)

let 25 paise coins be x and 50 paise coins be y
so .25x+.50y=50
x+y=120
so by solving the above equations we get
y=80 and x=40

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