self Maths Puzzle

How it is that when I buy yellow bananas at three shillings a bunch and the same number of red ones at four shillings a bunch I would get two more bunches for the same amount if I divided the money evenly between the yellow and red bananas?

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let 2x rs. is divided, x for red and x for yellow
red will come= x/4 bunch
yellow will come= x/3 bunch
and we know yellow is 2 more than red
x/3 - x/4= 2
so x comes to be 24 rs.
and i have total= 2*24= 48 rs.
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