MEDIUM
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

A part of monthly hostel charges in a college is fixed and the remaining depend on the number of days one has taken food in the mess. When a student A takes food for 22 days, he has to pay 1380 as hostel charges whereas a student B, who takes food for 28 days, pays 1680 as hostel charges. Find the fixed charge and the cost of food per day.

Important Questions on Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables

MEDIUM
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

The total expenditure per month of a household consists of a fixed rent of the house and mess charges depending upon the number of people sharing the house. The total monthly expenditure is 3900 for 2 people and 7500 for 5 people. Find the rent of the house and the mess charges per head per month.

MEDIUM
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

A taxi's charges consist of fixed charges and the remaining depending upon the distance travelled in kilometers. If a person travels 10 km, he pays68 and for travelling 15 km, he pays 98. Express the above statements with the help of simultaneous equations and hence, find the fixed charges and the rate per km.

MEDIUM
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

Scooter charges consist of fixed charges and remaining depending upon the distance travelled in kms. If a person travels 12 km, he pays45 and for travelling 20 km, he pays 73. Express the above statements in the form of simultaneous equations and hence, find the fixed charges and the rate per km.

MEDIUM
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

A part of the monthly expenditure of a family is constant and the remaining varies with the price of wheat. When the price of wheat is 880 per quintal, the total monthly expenditure is 6000 and when it is 1000 per quintal, the total monthly expenditure are 6360. Find the total monthly expenditure of the family when the cost of wheat is 1200 per quintal (Assuming the consumption of wheat to be same).

HARD
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

A man travels 370 km partly by train and partly by car. If he covers 250 km by train and the rest by car, it takes him 4 hours. But if he travels 130 km by train and the rest by car, he takes 18 minutes longer. Find the speed of the train and that of the car.
 

HARD
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

Amit travels 760 km to his office, partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours if he travels 160 km by train and the rest by car. He takes 12 minutes more if he travels 240 km by train and the rest by car. Find the speed of the train and car separately.

HARD
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

A train which moves with uniform speed for a certain distance takes 6 hours less if its speed is increased by 6 km per hour, it would have taken 6 hours more, had its speed been decreased by 4 km per hour. Find the distance of the journey and the speed of the train.

HARD
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT
A boat goes 25 km  upstream and 33 km downstream in 8 hours it can also go 40 km upstream and 77 km downstream in 15 hours. Find the speed of the stream and that of boat in still water.