One of the most important and exam oriented question from Chapter name- Arithmetic Progression
Class 10th
Chapter number- 9
Exercise :- 9.6
This type of question has been asked in previous years exams.
In this question we have been given that a man is employed to count Rs 10710.
He counts at the rate of Rs 180 per minute for half an hour.
After this, he counts at the rate of Rs 3 less every minute than the preceding minute.
Now we have to find the time taken by him to count the entire amount.
CBSE DHANPAT RAI publication
CBSE Mathematics Class 10th
Question 67
Total amount to be counted = Rs 10710.
Amount man would count at the rate of Rs 180 per minute for 1/2 hour = 180(30) = Rs 5400
Now amount left before the rate starts decreasing = 10710–5400 = Rs 5310
This amount of 5310 is counted at a rate of Rs 3 less every minute than the preceding minute.
So, first term(a) = 5310/30 = 177, common difference = –3 and Sn = 5310
Now by using the formula of the sum of n terms of an A.P.
Sn = n[2a +(n – 1)d] / 2
We get
=> n[2(177) + (n – 1)(–3)] / 2 = 5310
=> n[357 – 3n] = 10620
=> 3n2 – 357n + 10620 = 0
=> n2 – 119n + 3540 = 0
=> n2 – 60n – 59n + 3540 = 0
=> n(n – 60) – 59(n – 60) = 0
=> n = 60 or n = 59
Ignoring n = 60 as n cannot be equal to or greater than 60. So, we get n = 59.
So, total time taken = 30+59 = 89 minutes.
Hence, time taken by him to count the entire amount is 89 minutes.