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a shopkeeper buys a number of books for rs 800 .if he had bought 4 more books for the same amount each book would ave cost him 10 rs less.how many books did he buy?

divya , 11 Years ago
Grade 12
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Sharan
let cost of each book=x
let no of books bought be = y
Therefore according to question,,
xy=800.................(1)
and,   (x-10)(y+4)=800..............(2)
xy+4x-10y-40=800
800+4x-10y-40=800
4x-10y-40=0.............(3)
Now using (1)&(3) a quadratic equation will form and solve it for x&y
 
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