1) Anita and her friends bought pens. For five pens bought together,
they got a discount of three rupees and it cost them 32 rupees. Had
they bought the pens separately, how much would each have to
spend?



Answer :

Sure, let’s solve the problem step-by-step:

1. First, we know that Anita and her friends bought 5 pens together and the total cost for these pens with the discount was 32 rupees.

2. Additionally, we know that they received a discount of 3 rupees on the purchase of these 5 pens.

3. To find out the total original cost of the 5 pens without any discount, we should add the discount back to the reduced total cost. Therefore, we add 32 rupees (which they paid) to the 3 rupees discount.

4. The total original cost of the 5 pens is:
[tex]\[ 32 \text{ rupees} + 3 \text{ rupees} = 35 \text{ rupees} \][/tex]

5. Now, to find out the cost of each pen if they were bought separately, we need to divide the total original cost by the number of pens. Since there are 5 pens:

[tex]\[ \text{Cost per pen} = \frac{35 \text{ rupees}}{5} = 7 \text{ rupees} \][/tex]

Therefore, if Anita and her friends had bought the pens separately, each pen would cost 7 rupees.

Answer:

STEP 1: Since we know that Anita and her friends bought 5 pens together and got 3 rupees as discount and paid 32 rupees

STEP 2: Discounts = 3 rupees

+

Amount paid = 32 rupees

= 35 rupees

STEP 3: So 35 rupees

5 (The number of pens they

bought)

= 7 rupees

Now if Anita and her friends bought the pens separately they would have to spend 35 rupees

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