9th Class
Mathematics
Linear Equations in Two Variables
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Linear Equation in two Variables
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On children day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 160 children in a school. Actually on the children?s day 40 children were absent and therefore each child got 10 sweets extra. Total number of sweets were
A) 3200
B) 2400
C) 4000
D) 4800
Correct Answer:
D
Solution :
(d): Let the total no. of children be x Then, \[\frac{x}{120}-\frac{x}{160}=10\Rightarrow x=4800\]