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Q6.    A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a particular day that the cost of production of each article (in rupees) was 3 more than twice the number of articles produced on that day. If the total cost of production on that day was Rs 90, find the number of articles produced and the cost of each article.

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Let the number of articles produced in a day = x

The cost of production of each articles will be =2x+3

Given the total production on that day was Rs.90.

Hence we have the equation;

x(2x+3) = 90

2x^2+3x-90 = 0

\Rightarrow 2x^2+15x-12x-90 = 0

\Rightarrow x(2x+15) - 6(2x+15) = 0

\Rightarrow (2x+15)(x-6) = 0

\Rightarrow x =-\frac{15}{2}\ or\ 6

But, x cannot be negative as it is the number of articles.

Therefore, x=6 and the cost of each article = 2x+3 = 2(6)+3 = 15

Hence, the number of articles is 6 and the cost of each article is Rs.15.

 

 

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