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4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15books. He kept 15% of the money for
travelling expenses and purchased 5 pencils.So how many books he can purchase with the remaining
money.
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- price of 1 pencil rs 4
price of 1 book = 100/15 = Rs 20/3
amt left after travelling expenses and purchasing 5 pencils = 100-15-20 = Rs 65
No of books that can be bought = 65*3/20 = 39/4 = 9.75
so 9 books can be bought. - 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(23) No(0)
- 9 books
expense-15
rate of 1 pencil-4 rate of 1 book 6.6
rate of 5 pencils-20.
65/6.6 = 9 books - 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(6) No(1)
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