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There are 40 passengers in a bus. Some have tickets worth 3 and remaining have tickets worth 10. The total collection from these passengers is 295. How many passengers have tickets worth 3?


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23

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19

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15

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Solution

The correct option is C

15


Let the number of passengers having ticket worth ₹ 3, is x

Then the passengers having ticket worth ₹10, is (40x).

Then,
3x+10×(40x)=295 3x+40010x=295 7x=295400 7x=105 x=1057 x=15.

Number of passengers with tickets worth ₹ 3 = 15.


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