Lakshmi is a cashier in a bank. She has currency notes of denominations ₹100, ₹50 and ₹10, respectively. The ratio of the number of these notes is 2:3:5. The total cash with Lakshmi is ₹4,00,000. How many notes of each denomination does she have?

Solution:

Let's form a linear equation for the given problem statement.

Let's tabulate the given conditions according to the question.

From the table, we can see that the total value of all denominations is,

200x + 150x + 50x = 400x

We know that the total cash she has is Rs.4,00,000

Therefore,

400x = 400000

x = 1000

Thus the number of denominations of each note is

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Lakshmi is a cashier in a bank. She has currency notes of denominations ₹100, ₹50 and ₹10, respectively. The ratio of the number of these notes is 2:3:5. The total cash with Lakshmi is ₹4,00,000. How many notes of each denomination does she have?

NCERT Solutions Class 8 Maths Chapter 2 Exercise 2.2 Question 14

Summary:

Lakshmi is a cashier in a bank. She has currency notes of denominations ₹100, ₹50 and ₹10, respectively. The ratio of the number of these notes is 2:3:5. The total cash with Lakshmi is ₹4,00,000. The total number of notes of ₹100, ₹50, and ₹10 are 2000, 3000, and 5000 respectively.

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