Assignment: linear equations in two variables class X

chapter: 3 by vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897

Q1. At a certain time in a deer park, the number of heads and number of legs of deer
and human visitors was counted and it was found that there were 39 heads and 132 legs.
find the number of deers and human visitors in the park.
(ans. 27,12)
Q2. Students of a class are made to stand in complete rows. If one student is extra in a row,
there would be 2 rows less. If 1 student is less in a row, there would be 3 rows more. find the
number of students in the class.
(ans. 60)
Q3. A chemist has one solution containing 50% acid and a second one containing 25% acid.
How much of each should be mixed to make 10 litres of a 40% acid solution.
(ans. 6, 4)
Q4. A manufacturer has a 12% solution of acid and a 30% acid solution. How many litres of
each acid solution must be mixed to make 20 litres of 20% acid solution?
(ans. 100/9 litre, 80/9 litre)
Q5. A solution of 8% boric acid is to be diluted by adding a 2% boric acid solution to it. Then
resulting mixture is to be 5% boric acid. If there are 640 litres of resulting solution, how many
litres of each solution will have to be added? (ans. 320 litre, 320 litre)
Q6. The length of the sides of a triangle are 2x+y/2, 5x/3+y+1/2 and 2x/3+2y+5/2. If the triangle
is equilateral, then find its perimeter. (ans. 19.5cm)
Q7. In an election contested between A and B, A obtained votes equal to twice the no. of persons
on the electoral roll who did not cast their votes and this later number was equal to twice his
majority over B. If there were 1,8000 persons on the electoral roll. How many voted for B. (ans.
6000)
Q8. When 6 new boys were admitted and 6 girls left from the class, the percentage of boys
increased from 60%to 75%. find the original number of boys and girls in class. (ans.
Boys=24, girls=16)
Q9. when the son will be as old as his father today the sum of their ages will be 126
years. when the father was as old as his son today, sum of their ages was 38 years. find
their present ages. (ans. Son=30yrs, father=52yrs)
Q10. A cyclist, after riding a certain distance, stopped for half an hour to repair his bicycle,
after which he completes the whole journey of 30km at half speed in 5 hours. If the breakdown
had occurred 10 km farther off, he would have done the whole journey is 4 hours. Find where
Assignment: linear equations in two variables class X
chapter: 3 by vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897

the breakdown occurred and his original speed. (ans. 10km, 10km/h)
Q11. A man completed a trip of 136 km in 8 hours. Some parts of the trip was covered
at 15 km/hr and the remaining at 18 km/hr. Find the part of the trip covered at 18 km/hr.
(ans. 96km)

Q12. The population of the village is 5000. If in a year, the numbers of males were to
increase by 5% and that of the female by 3% annually, the population would grow to
5202 at the end of the year. Find the number of males and females in the village. (ans.
Males= 2600, females= 2400).

Q13. Vijay had some bananas and he divided them into two lots A and B. He sold the
first lot at the rate of ₹ 2 for 3 bananas and the second lot at the rate of ₹ 1 per banana
and got a total of ₹ 400. If he had sold the first lot at the rate of ₹ 1 per banana and the
second lot at the rate of ₹ 4 for 5 bananas, his total collection would have been ₹ 460.
Find the total number of bananas he had. (ans. 500)

Q14. Jamila sold a table and a chair for ₹ 1050, thereby making a profit of 10% on the
table and 25% on the chair. If she had taken a profit of 25% on the table and 10% on
the chair, she would have got ₹ 1065. Find the cost price of each.
(ans. Table=500, chair= 400)

Q15. A shopkeeper sells a table at 8% profit and a chair at 10% discount, thereby
getting Rs 1008. If he had sold the table at 10% profit and chair at 8% discount, he
would have got Rs. 20 more. Find the cost price of the table and the list price of the
chair. (ans. Chair= 400, table=600)

Q16. Susan invested certain amount of money in two schemes A and B, which offer interest
at the rate of 8% per annum and 9% per annum, respectively. She received Rs. 1860 as
annual interest. However, had she interchanged the amount of investments in the two
schemes, she would have received Rs. 20 more as annual interest. How much money did she
invest in each scheme? (ans. Rs. 12000, Rs. 10000)
Q17. A Father's age is three times the sum of ages of his two children. After 5 years his age
will be twice the sum of ages of two children. Find the age of father. (ans. 45 yrs.)
Q18. A shopkeeper sells a saree at 8% profit and a sweater at 10% discount, thereby, getting a
sum Rs. 1008. If she had sold the saree at 10% profit and the sweater at 8% discount, she
would have got Rs. 1028. Find the cost price of the saree? (ans.
Rs. 600)
Assignment: linear equations in two variables class X
chapter: 3 by vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897

Q19. A two – digit number is obtained by either multiplying the sum of the digits by 8 and
then subtracting 5 or by multiplying the difference of the digits by 16 and then adding 3.
Find the number. (ans. 83)
Q20. A motor boat can travel 30 km upstream and 28 km downstream in 7 hours. It can
travel 21 km upstream and return in 5 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water and
the speed of the stream. (ans. 10km/h, 4km/h)
Q21. The cost of 4 pens and 4 pencil boxes is Rs 100. Three times the cost of a pen is Rs 15 more
than the cost of a pencil box. The cost of a pen and a pencil box respectively are.
(ans. Rs.10, Rs. 15)
Q22. It takes 12 hours to fill a swimming pool using two pipes. If the pipe of larger diameter
is used for 4 hours and the pipe of smaller diameter for 9 hours only half the pool can be
filled. How long would it take for each pipe to fill the pool separately. (ans. 20hr, 30hr)
Q23. There are some students in the two examination halls A and B. To make the number of
students equal in each hall, 10 students are sent from A to B but, if 20 students are sent from
B to A, the number of students in A becomes double the number of students in B, then find
the number of students in both halls. (ans. A=100, B=80).

Q24. Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 6. If 8 is subtracted from each of the numbers, the

ratio becomes 4 : 5, find the numbers. (ans. 40,48)

Q25. The age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his two children. After 20 years, his

age will be equal to the sum of the ages of his children. Find the age of the father. (ans. 40

yrs.)

Q26. If x+1 is a factor of 2x3+ax2+2bx+1, then find the values of a and b given that 2a−3b=4.
(ans. a=5, b=2)
Q27. In a two-digit number, the ten's digit is three times the unit's digit. When the number of
decreased by 54, the digits are reversed. Find the number. (ans. 93)
Q28. A takes 3 hour more than B to walk 30 km. But if A doubles his pace, he is ahead
of B by 3 /2 hours. Find their speed of walking. (ans. A=10/3km/h, B= 5km/h)
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chapter: 3 by vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897

Q29. A railway half ticket costs half the full fare, and the reservation charge is the same on half
ticket as on full ticket. One reserved first-class ticket from Mumbai to Ahmadabad
costs. Rs.216 while one full and one half reserved first class tickets cost Rs.327. What is the basic
first-class full fare and what is the reservation charge? (ans. Rs.210, Rs.6)

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