Question

kantabai bought 1/2 kg tea and 5 kg sugar from a shop .she paid rupess 50 as return fare for rickshaw .total expense was rupess 700 .then she realised that by ordering online the goods can be bought with free home delivery at the same price .so next month she placed the order online for 2 kg tea and 7 kg sugar she paid rupess 880 for that .find the rate of sugar and tea per kg

Answer 1

40 Rs per kg.

Explanation:

solution

Let the rate of tea be x Rs per kg and that of sugar be y Rs per kg.

When Kantabai bought the items by going to the shop,

3/2x+5y+50=700

⇒3x+10y=1300....(I)

When Kantabai bought the items online then

2x+7y=880......(II)

Multiplying (I) with 2 and (II) with 3 we get

6x+20y=2600......(III)

6x+21y=2640.......(IV)

eq.(IV)−(III)

y=40

Putting the value of y =40 in (II)

2x+7(40)=880

⇒2x=880−280=600

⇒x=300

Thus, tea is at 300 Rs per kg and sugar is 40 Rs per kg.