A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils
or 15books.He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses
and purchased 5 pencils.So how many books he can purchase
with the remaining money.
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5 d)none

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A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15books.He kept 15% of the money for ..

Answer / surya

from that 100 rupees 15 rs are for travelling .
reamaining is 85rs.now lets take 1 pencil for 1 rupee.
here .....he can purchase books or pencil.
if he take 5 pencils...costing rs 5rs.reaming is 80rs.
now 25 pencils cost =15 books cost
1 pencil =x Rs

x=3/5.
5 pencil cost=3 RS book.
80/3=26 books

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