NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section C: 12

Question

₹ $49$ were divided among $150$ children. Each girl got $50$ paise and a boy $25$ paise. How many boys were there ?

• A. $100$
• B. $102$
• C. $104$
• D. $105$

Answer 1

Let number of boys be x and number of girl be y
Then x + y = 150 -------------------(1)

25/100 x + 50/100 y = 49

x+2y=196----------------------------(2)

Solve the equations we get
x = 104