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Vijay had some bananas, and he divided them into two lots A and B. He sold the first lot at the rate of Rs 2 for 3 bananas and the second lot at the rate of Re 1 per banana and got a total of Rs 400. If he had sold the first lot at the rate of Re 1 per banana and the second lot at the rate of Rs 4 for 5 bananas, his total collection would have been Rs 460. Find the total number of bananas he had.

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$L e t t h e n o o f b a n a n a s A h a s = x L e t t h e n o . o f b a n a n a s B h a s = y A m t h e g o t w i t h f i r s t p r i c i n g = \frac{x}{3} (2) + y (1) = 400 2 x + 3 y = 1200 2 x + 3 y = 1200 - > e q n 1 A m t h e g o t s e c o n d p r i c i n g = x (1) + \frac{y}{5} (4) = 460 5 x + 4 y = 2300 5 x + 4 y = 2300 - > e q n 2 E q n 1 \times 5 = 10 x + 15 y = 6000 E q n 2 \times 2 = 10 x + 8 y = 4600 S u b t r a c t i n g w e g e t : 7 y = 1400 y = 200 S u b y = 200 i n e q n 1 2 x + 3 y = 1200 2 x + 600 = 1200 2 x = 600 x = 300 T o t a l n o o f b a n a n a s = 200 + 300 = 500$

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