Q2. One says, “Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you”. The other replies, “If you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you”. Tell me what is the amount of their (respective) capital? [From the Bijaganita of Bhaskara II]
[Hint :].
Let the amount of money the first person and the second person having is x and y respectively
Noe, According to the question.
Also
Multiplying (2) by 2 we get,
Now adding (1) and (3), we get
Putting this value in (1)
Thus two friends had 40 Rs and 170 Rs respectively.