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A railway half-ticket costs half the full ticket. However the reservation charge for all the tickets is constant. One full reserved ticket for a journey is Rs.525. If the cost of one full and one half reserved ticket for the same journey is Rs.850, then what is the reservation charge per ticket?

Solution

Correct Option: 3

Let fare = F, reservation = R.

Full ticket: F + R = 525.

Full + half: (F + R) + (F/2 + R) = 850, so 525 + F/2 + R = 850, giving F/2 + R = 325.

Subtracting: F/2 = 525 - 325 = 200, so F = 400 and R = 525 - 400 = 125.

Reservation charge = Rs. 125.

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