Question 35
MediumOriginal questionIshaan's wallet has only ₹50 and ₹10 notes, worth ₹2,800 in all. He has twice as many ₹10 notes as ₹50 notes. How many notes does he have altogether?
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D
Correct answer: D
Explanation
Let there be notes of ₹50, so notes of ₹10.
Value: , so .
Total notes .
Worth noting
40 and 80 are the counts of each kind; the question asks for all the notes. 56 comes from dividing ₹2,800 by 50 and ignoring the ₹10 notes.
- Concept
- Note-counting problem with a ratio between the counts
- Typical timeTypical
- 70 s
- Your timeYours
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