In a bag there are coins of 25 paisa, 10 paisa and 5 paisa in the ratio of 2:3:5. If there are in all…
Taking the coin counts as 2x, 3x and 5x, their value is 0.25(2x)+0.10(3x)+0.05(5x) = 1.05x rupees; setting this equal to 105 gives x = 100, so the number of 5 paisa coins is…
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In a bag there are coins of 25 paisa, 10 paisa and 5 paisa in the ratio of 2:3:5. If there are in all Rs. 105, number of 5 paisa coins is-
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Taking the coin counts as 2x, 3x and 5x, their value is 0.25(2x)+0.10(3x)+0.05(5x) = 1.05x rupees; setting this equal to 105 gives x = 100, so the number of 5 paisa coins is 5x = 500.
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