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The price of precious stone is directly proportional to square of its weight. what will be the loss incurred if a stone weighing 28gm and costing 28,000 breaks into two pieces whose weights are in the ratio 15:13?
(A)No loss (B)10,000 (C)28,000 (D)9,500 (E)14,000
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- x=28000/28^2=35.71
cost of 15g=35.71*15^2=8035.714
cost of 13g=35.71*13^2=6035.714
total cost=14071.428
loss=28000-14071.428=13928.5=14000 - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(7) No(0)
- Ans (E) 14,000
let the price be P and weight be W.
thus P=kW*W where k= proportionality constant
k= 28000/28*28= 35.7
now, P1= (35.7)*13*13=6033
P2= (35.7)*15*15= 8032
thus, Loss= (P - (P1+P2))= 13934.5= aprox 14,000 - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
- the answer is approx 14000.because 28^2=784.
now we know the price is prop to square of wt.therefore 28000=k*784
k=35.714.now the two wts can be calculated 15gm and 13gm.the net price becomes 15^2*35.71+13^2*35.71=14069.64.now 28000-14069.64=13930.26 which is approx 14000 - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
- let price=p,weight=w
p=k w^2 ---------eq(1) here k is a constant taken
as it is given dat price is directly proportional to weight
given w=28,p=28000
so from eq(1),k=1000/28
now the broken pieces r 15 nd 13gm
by putting the values of w and k in eq(1) we get
p1=8035.71(for w=15)
p2=6035.71(for w=13)
total cost for broken pieces=(8035.71+6035.71)=14071.42
so the loss=(28000-14071.42)=13928.58 - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
- say 28 isdivided into 15 n 13
square both the number to bcm 225+169=394
now squaring 28 we get 784
so loss incurred 390 so ,fr 784 390 is the loss what willbe for 28000 i.e 14000 - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
- Price is directly propotional to square of the weight
So P=k*sq(w) where k=constant
P=28000
w=28gm
k=1000/28
Price of the ratio part
P1=k(15*15)
P2=k(13*13)
P1+P2=14000
loss incurred=28000-14000=14000
ans is E - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
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