A bag contains 50p, 25p and 10p coins in the ratio 5 : 9 : 4 amounting to Rs.206. Find the number of coins of 10p?

A. 206

B. 200

C. 360

D. 160

View Answer

1

Correct Answer :
160

Explanation :

Given that, Total amount = Rs.206/-

50p : 20p : 10p = 5 : 9 : 4

As total amount is in rupees convert the paise into rupees.

Say Z is the ratio constant

=> 5Z x 0.5 + 9Z x 0.25 + 4Z x 0.1 = 206

=> Z = 40

The number of 10p coins = 4Z = 4 x 40 = 160

Related Questions

In a class, there are 100 students and among them 40 are girls. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls?
The Ratio of Science and Arts students in a college is 4:3. If 14 Science students shift to Arts then the ratio becomes 1:1. Find the total strength of students in both science and arts together
If 0.75 : Z : : 5 : 8, then Z is equal to
Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:
A and B together have Rs. 1210. If 4/15 of A's amount is equal to 2/5 of B's amount, how much amount does B have?
A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share?
Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?
In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the quanity of water to be further added is:
The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?
Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit's salary?

Interview Questions

MongoDB

Java Script

Node JS

PHP

JQuery

Python