Question 68

Nikhil’s mother asks him to buy 100 pieces of sweets worth 100/-. The sweet shop has 3 kinds of sweets, kajubarfi, gulabjamun and sandesh. Kajubarfi costs 10/- per piece, gulabjamun costs 3/- per piece and sandesh costs 50 paise per piece. If Nikhil decides to buy at least one sweet of each type, how many gulabjamuns should he buy?

Solution

Let Nikhil buy $$x, y$$ and $$z$$ pieces of kajubarfi, gulabjamun and sandesh respectively.     $$(x,y,z \geq 1)$$

=> $$x + y + z = 100$$ --------------Eqn(I)

Also, $$10x + 3y + \frac{1}{2} z = 100$$

=> $$20x + 6y + z = 200$$ ----------Eqn(II)

Subtracting eqn(I) from (II), we get :

=> $$19x + 5y = 100$$

=> $$y = \frac{100 - 19x}{5}$$

If $$x = 1$$, $$y$$ will not be natural. The only value of $$x$$ for natural $$y$$ is $$x = 5$$

=> $$y = \frac{100 - 95}{5} = 1$$

$$\therefore$$ Nikhil must buy 1 gulabjamun.

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