Q.

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 Rs. 1 per banana and got a total of Rs. 400. If he had sold the first lot at the rate of Rs. 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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given, let vijay had x banana in first lot and y banana in second lot
we get first equation:
23x+y=400
2x+ 3y=1200
We get second equation, we get
x+45y=460
5x+ 4y=2300
solving the above equation , we get
y=200
and y=300
Total banana=x+y= Rs 500
  
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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 Rs. 1 per banana and got a total of Rs. 400. If he had sold the first lot at the rate of Rs. 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 ____.