Question

The organizers of essay competition decides the winner in the competition get a prize of rupees hundred and a participant who does not win get a prize of rupees 25 the total prize money distributed is 3000 rupees find the number of winners if the total participants is 63

Answer 1

Here is the whole process

Let the number of winners be x.

number of runner ups = 63-x.

AS PER QUESTION

100(X)+25(63-X)=3000

=) 100X+1575-25X =3000

=) 75X + 1575 =3000

=)75X=3000-1575

=) X =1425/75

=) X= 19.

number of winners = 19.

number of runner ups=44.