Question

18. Mr. Kamau wishes to buy some items for his son and daughter. The son's item costs sh. 324 while

the daughter item costs sh. 220 each. Mr. Kamau would like to give each of them equal amount of
money.
a) How many items will each person buys.

Answer 1

if Mr. Kamau wants to give each of his children an equal amount of money, he can either:

Buy 1 item for his son (costing sh. 324) and 0 items for his daughter, giving each child sh. 162.

Buy 1 item for his son (costing sh. 324) and 1 item for his daughter (costing sh. 220), giving each child sh. 272.

Explanation:

Let x be the number of daughter items that Mr. Kamau will buy for his daughter. Since the son's item costs sh. 324, we know that each child should receive sh. (324 + 220x)/2.

We want to find how many items each child will buy, so we need to solve for x in the equation:

(324 + 220x)/2 = 220

Multiplying both sides by 2, we get:

324 + 220x = 440

Subtracting 324 from both sides, we get:

220x = 116

Dividing both sides by 220, we get:

x = 0.527

Since we can't buy a fraction of an item, Mr. Kamau should buy either 0 or 1 daughter item for his daughter. If he buys 0 daughter items, he can give his son sh. (324 + 2200)/2 = sh. 162. If he buys 1 daughter item, he can give each child sh. (324 + 2201)/2 = sh. 272. Therefore, the possible scenarios are:

Mr. Kamau buys 0 daughter items. His son buys 1 item and his daughter buys 0 items.

Mr. Kamau buys 1 daughter item. His son buys 1 item and his daughter buys 1 item.