Simultaneous Equations

Author:Embibe Experts
10th Maharashtra Board
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Important Questions on Simultaneous Equations

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The sum of father's age and twice the age of his son is 70 . If we double the age of the father and add it to the age of his son the sum is 95 . Find the present age of the father.

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Two types of boxes A, B are to be placed in a truck having capacity of 10 tons. When 150 boxes of type A and 100 boxes of type B are loaded in the truck, it weighs 10 tons. But when 260 boxes of type A are loaded in the truck, it can still accommodate 40 boxes of type B, so that it is fully loaded. Find the weight of each type of box.

MEDIUM
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The sum of father's age and twice the age of his son is 70 . If we double the age of the father and add it to the age of his son the sum is 95 . Find their present ages.

HARD
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Two numbers differ by 3. The sum of twice the smaller number and thrice the greater number is 19 . Find the numbers.

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

49 x-57 y=172 ; 57 x-49 y=252

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

99 x+101 y=499 ; 101 x+99 y=501

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

13x+y=103;2x+14y=114

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

5 x+2 y=-3 ; x+5 y=4

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

5 m-3 n=19 ; m-6 n=-7

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

x+7 y=10 ; 3 x-2 y=7

EASY
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

3 a+5 b=26 ; a+5 b=22

MEDIUM
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In a factory the ratio of the salary of skilled and unskilled workers is 5:3. The total salary of one day of both of them is 720. Find daily wages of skilled and unskilled workers.

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Kantabai bought 112 kg tea and 5 kg sugar from a shop. She paid 50 as return fare for rickshaw. Total expense was 700. Then she realised that by ordering online the goods can be bought with free home delivery at the same price. So next month she placed the order online for 2 kg tea and 7 kg sugar. She paid  880 for that. Find the rate of sugar and tea per kg.

HARD
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Solve the following word problems.

A two-digit number and the number with digits interchanged add up to 143. In the given number the digit in the unit's place is 3 more than the digit in the ten's place. Find the original number.

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

7x-2yxy=5; 8x+7yxy=15

HARD
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Solve the following simultaneous equations.

72x+1+13y+2=27; 132x+1+7y+2=33

MEDIUM
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Anushka got 2500 from Anand in the denomination of 100 and 50. If Anand would have given her the amount by interchanging the number of notes, Anushka would have received 500 less than the previous amount. Find the number of notes that Anushka had.