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A lady goes for shopping. She bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she bought pins and 8 times, handkerchiefs. She paid each item with their count as each piece's cost. She totally spent Rs. 3.24.How many handkerchiefs did she buy?
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- Suppose she bought x shoestrings, 4x pins and 8x handkerchiefs, then
x^2 +16*x^2 + 64*x^2 = 324
81x^2=324
x=2
no of handkerchiefs= 8x = 16
- 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(18) No(20)
- why the square of the nos????????????????
- 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
- Suppose she bought x shoestrings, 4x pins and 8x handkerchiefs, then
x^2 +16*x^2 + 64*x^2 = 324(she paid each item with their count as each piece's cost)
81x^2=324
x=2
no of handkerchiefs= 8x = 16
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81x^2=324
x=2
no of handkerchiefs= 8x = 16
- 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(1)
- sahiti why u taken x+4x+8x as x^2+16x^2+64x^2 ??????????
- 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(2)
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