11th Class Mental Ability Numbers Question Bank Question - Number System

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    A boy has enough money to buy 20 exercise books. If each book cost 25 paise less he could buy two more books and still have 70 paise left. How much money had he originally?

    A) 45

    B) 48

    C) 50

    D) 52

    E) None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Explanation Option (b) is correct. Let the original price of each book = Rs x \[\therefore ~20x=22\left( x-0.25 \right)+0.70\] \[\Rightarrow 2x=4.8\Rightarrow x=Rs\,\,2.4\] \[\therefore \]  He had \[20\times 2.40=Rs\text{ }48\]


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