Question

Deva bought 9 1/2 m of cloth for rupees 28 1/2.Samruth buys 26 1/3 m of same cloth. how much should samruth pay the shopkeeper?

Answer 1

For this case we can make the following rule of three:

9 1/2 m --------------> 28 1/2 rupees

26 1/3 m -------------> x

From here, we clear the value of x.

We have then:

`x = ((26+(1)/(3))/(9+(1)/(2))) (28+(1)/(2))`

Rewriting we have:

`x = (((79)/(3))/((19)/(2))) ((57)/(2))`

`x = ((158)/(57)) ((57)/(2))`

`x = (158)/(2)`

`x = 79`

Answer:

samruth should pay 79 rupees to the shopkeeper