Question 49.Manyata had to do a multiplication. Instead of taking 35 as one of the multiplies, she took 53. As a result, the product went up by 540. What is the new product?
(c) 1440
(c)
Let the number to be multiplied be X. Then we can say 53X – 35X = 540.
Solving we get X = 30. Thus the new product she would have obtained is
∴Required product = 30 × 53 = 1590.