Question: Sheela wanted to borrow 100 wine glasses from Emily for a party. Emily decided to send them through her servant, Tim. She offered him incentive of 30 cents for every glass delivered safely and threatened to forfeit 90 cents for every glass he broke. On settlement Tim received $24 from Emily. How many glasses did Tim break?
A ) 15 glasses B ) 10 glasses C ) 25 glasses D ) 5 glasses
Steps to derive
1 Let x be the number of glasses delivered intact then 30x is the amount earned. [Analyse from the data given.]
2 Let y be the number of glasses broken then 90y is the amount forfeited. [Analyse from the data provided.]
3x + y = 100 ---------- (1) [According to the data.]
4 30x - 90y = 2400
30(x - 3y) = 2400 x - 3y = 240030
[According to the data.]
5x - 3y = 80 ---------- (2) [According to the data.]
6 3x + 3y = 300 x - 3y = 80
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4x = 380 [Multiply equation (1) with 3 and add it to equation (2).]
7x = 95 [Simplify.]
8y = 100 - 95 = 5 [Substitute value of x in equation (1) to find y.]
