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110. The organisers of an essay competition decide that a winner in thecompetition gets a prize of 100 and a participant who does not win getsa prize of 25. The total prize money distributed is 3,000. Find thenumber of winners, if the total number of participants is 63. |
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Answer» let the no. of winners be x, let the no. of looser be ythen, x+y=63......1100x+25y=3000.......2divide it by 254x+y=120.......3subtract 1 from 33x=57x=19put value of x in 1 y=63-19=44no. of winners =19 |
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