Question

At a party, colas, squash and fruit juice were offered to guests. A fourth of the guests drank colas, a thirk squash, two fifths drank fruit juice and just three did not drink any thing. How many guests were in all?

Answer 1

Let the number of guests are x

Number of guests who drank colas are \(\frac x4\)

Number of guests who drank squash are \(\frac x3\)

Number of guests who drank fruit juice are \(\frac {2x}5\)

Number of guests who didn’t drink anything are 3

Therefore the number of guests were 180

Number of ten rupees notes are

x + 10 = 60 + 10 = 70