Two group of people went on holiday First group hired a taxi and paid rupee five hundred each - Maths - Linear Equations in One Variable

Question

Two group of people went on holiday First group hired a taxi and
paid rupee five hundred each In the second group,there are four
more people than the first group and each of them paid rupee
hundred less less than the first group If total expenditure of both
the group is rupee 7000,find the total number of people who went on
the holiday

Shruti Tyagi · Accepted Answer

Dear student,

Let the number of people in Ist group be xExpenditure of group I=500xNumber of people in IInd group be x+4Expenditure of group II=400x+4Acc
 to question,500x+400x+4=7000⇒500x+400x+1600=7000⇒900x=7000-1600⇒x=5400900⇒x=6number of people in Ist group=6number of people in II group=6+4=10Total number of people went on the holiday=6+10=16

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