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  • Question
  • A person on tour has total ?360 for his daily expenses. He decides to extend his tour programme by 4 days which leads to cutting down daily expenses by ?3 a day . The numbers of days of tour are :


  • Options
  • A. 15
  • B. 20
  • C. 18
  • D. 16

  • Correct Answer
  • 20 

    Explanation

    Method 1 to solve this question.
    Let us assume the numbers of days of tour before extending the tour are D and daily expenses is E.
    According to question,
    Total expenses on tour = per day expenses x total number of days
    Total expenses on tour = E x D = ED
    360 = ED
    ? ED = 360
    ? E = 360/D .................(1)
    Again according to question,
    After extending the tour by 4 days, Number of days of tour = D + 4
    Expenses will be reduced by 3 rupees, then everyday expenses = E - 3
    so total expenses = (D + 4) x (E - 3)
    360 = (D + 4) x (E - 3)
    (D + 4) x (E - 3) = 360 .............................................(2)
    Put the value of E in Equation (2). we will get,
    (D + 4) x (360/D - 3) = 360
    ? (D + 4) x ( (360 - 3D)/D ) = 360
    ? (D + 4) x ( (360 - 3D) ) = 360 x D
    ? (D + 4) x (360 - 3D) = 360 x D
    After multiplication by algebra law,
    ? 360 x D - 3D x D + 4 x 360 - 4 x 3D = 360D
    ? 360 x D - 3D + 1440 - 12 D = 360 D
    ? - 3 D + 1440 - 12 D = 360 D - 360 x D
    ? - 3 D + 1440 - 12 D = 0
    ? 3 D - 1440 + 12 D = 0
    ? D - 480 + 4 D = 0
    ? D + 4 D - 480 = 0
    ? D + 24 D - 20 D - 480 = 0
    ? D( D + 24) - 20( D + 24) = 0
    ? ( D + 24) ( D - 20) = 0
    Either ( D + 24) = 0 or ( D - 20) = 0
    So D = - 24 or D = 20
    But days cannot be negative so D = 20 days.

    Method 2 to solve this question.
    Let us assume the original day of tour is d days.
    Given that his tour is extended for 4 days
    Hence daily expenses per days = 360/(d + 4)
    Therefore, According to question,
    360/d - 360/(d + 4) = 3
    ? (360(d + 4) - 360d)/d x (d + 4) = 3
    ? (360(d + 4) - 360d)/d x (d + 4) = 3
    ? 360(d + 4) - 360d = 3d x (d + 4)
    ? 360d + 1440 ? 360d = 3(d 2 + 4d)
    ? 1440 = 3d 2 + 12d
    ? 3d 2 + 12d ? 1440 = 0
    ? d 2 + 4d ? 480 = 0
    ? d 2 + 24d ? 20d ? 480 = 0
    ? d(d + 24) ? 20(d + 24) = 0
    ? (d + 24)(d ? 20) = 0
    ? (d + 24) = 0 or (d ? 20) = 0
    ? d = ?24 or d = 20
    Since days cannot be negative, d = 20
    Hence his original duration of the tour is 20 days.


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