A businessman purchased some notebooks for ₹960. If he had bought 8 more notebooks for the same amount, the cost of each notebook would have decreased by ₹4. What was the original number of notebooks purchased?
A businessman purchased some notebooks for ₹960. If he had bought 8 more notebooks for the same amount, the cost of each notebook would have decreased by ₹4. What was the original number of notebooks purchased?
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
Let the original number of notebooks be .
Original cost per notebook , while the cost per notebook after buying 8 more would be .
The decrease in cost is ₹4:
Simplifying gives .
The positive root is .