Aftab tells his daughter, 'Seven years ago, I was seven times as old as you were then. Also, three years from now, I shall be three times as old as you will be'. (Isn’t this interesting?) Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.
Let the cost of 1 kg of apples be Rs. x and of 1 kg of grapes be Rs. y. So, algebraic representation
<>2x + y = 160
4x + 2y = 300
⇒ 2x + y = 150
Graphical representation, we have
2x + y = 160
⇒ y = 160 - 2x
We have,
2x + y = 150
⇒ y = 150 - 2x
When we plot the graph of the equation we find that two lines do not intersect i.e. they are parallel.
Fig. 3.3.
(i) 10 students of Class X took part in Mathematics quiz. If the number of girls is 4 more than the number of boys, find the number of boys and girls who took part in the quiz.