Question

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

• A. 23
• B. 19
• C. 15
• D. 11

Answer 1

The correct option is \(D.15\)

Let the number of passengers having ticket worth $Rs.3=x$

Then the passengers having ticket worth $Rs.10=40-x$

Then,

$3\times x+10\times (40–x)=295$

$3x+400–10x=295$

$-7x=295–400$

$-7x=-105$

$x=\frac{-105}{-7}$

$x=15$

$\therefore$ Number of passengers with tickets worth $Rs.3=15$.