A trader buys x articles for a total cost of Rs 600. (i) Write down the cost of one article in terms of x. If the cost per article were Rs 5 more, the number of articles that can be bought for Rs 600 would be four less. (ii) Write down the equation in x for the above situation and solve it for x.
A trader buys x articles for a total cost of Rs 600. (i) Write down the cost of one article in terms of x. If the cost per article were Rs 5 more, the number of articles that can be bought for Rs 600 would be four less. (ii) Write down the equation in x for the above situation and solve it for x.

According to ques,

Number of articles

    \[=\text{ }x\]

And, the total cost of articles

    \[=\text{ }Rs\text{ }600\]

Again,

(i) Cost of one article

    \[=\text{ }Rs\text{ }600/x\]

(ii) also,

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    \[{{x}^{2}}~\text{ }4x\text{ }\text{ }480\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

or,

    \[{{x}^{2}}~\text{ }24x\text{ }\text{ }20x\text{ }\text{ }480\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

or,

    \[x\left( x\text{ }\text{ }24 \right)\text{ }+\text{ }20\left( x\text{ }\text{ }24 \right)\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

or,

    \[\left( x\text{ }\text{ }24 \right)\text{ }\left( x\text{ }+\text{ }20 \right)\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

or,

    \[x\text{ }=\text{ }24\text{ }or\text{ }-20\]

Since the number of articles cannot be negative,

    \[x\text{ }=\text{ }24.\]