The organisers of an essay competition decide that a winner in the competiton gets a prize of rs 100 and - Maths - Linear Equations in One Variable

Question

The organisers of an essay competition decide that a winner in
the competiton gets a prize of rs 100 and a participant who does
not win gets gets aprize of rs 25 The total prize money distributed
is Rs 3000 Find the number of winners, if the total number of
participants is 63

Aman Kumar · Accepted Answer

Here is the whole process
Let the number of winners be x
number of runner ups = 63-x
AS PER QUESTION
100(X)+25(63-X)=3000
=) 100X+1575-25X =3000
=) 75X + 1575 =3000
=)75X=3000-1575
=) X =1425/75
=) X= 19
number of winners = 19
number of runner ups=44

The organisers of an essay competition decide that a winner in the competiton gets a prize of rs 100 and a participant who does not win gets gets aprize of rs 25.The total prize money distributed is Rs 3000. Find the number of winners, if the total number of participants is 63.