A shopkeeper gives books on rent for reading. She takes a fixed charge for the first two days, and an additional charge for each day thereafter. Latika paid Rs 22 for a book kept for six days, while Anand paid Rs 16 for the book kept for four days. Find the fixed charges and the charge for each extra day.
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. Find the number of students in the two halls
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.
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.
Two years ago, Salim was thrice as old as his daughter and six years later, he will be four years older than twice her age. How old are they now?
The angles of a triangle are x, y and 40°. The difference between the two angles x and y is 30°. Find x and y.
If x+1 is a factor of 2×3 + ax2 + 2bx + 1, then find the values of a and b given that 2a–3b = 4.
Write an equation of a line passing through the point representing solution of the pair of linear equations
x + y = 2 and 2x – y = 1. How many such lines can we find?
Draw the graph of the pair of equations 2x + y = 4 and 2x – y = 4. Write the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the y-axis. Also find the area of this triangle.