Suppose you have sufficient amount of rupee currency in three denominations: `₹1, ₹ 10 and `₹50. In how many different ways can you pay a bill of ₹107?
Correct Answer :
18
Solution :
The correct option is 18.
We are asked to find the number of different ways to pay a bill of ₹107 using three denominations of currency: ₹1, ₹10, and ₹50. Let us denote:
Let be the number of ₹50 notes/coins used.
Let be the number of ₹10 notes/coins used.
Let be the number of ₹1 notes/coins used.
Since the number of coins/notes must be non-negative integers, we have .
The total bill amount is ₹107, which gives us the linear equation:
Since we have a sufficient amount of each currency, we can choose non-negative integer values for and such that their combined value does not exceed 107. Once and are chosen, the value of is uniquely determined as:
Let us analyze the possible values for (the number of ₹50 notes):
Since , the possible non-negative integer values for are , , and .
Case 1:
Substituting into the equation:
For to be a non-negative integer, we must have , which means the only possible value is .
This gives way: .
Case 2:
Substituting into the equation:
For to be a non-negative integer, we must have .
The possible values for are .
This gives ways.
Case 3:
Substituting into the equation:
For to be a non-negative integer, we must have .
The possible values for are .
This gives ways.
To find the total number of ways, we sum the number of ways from all three cases:
Thus, there are exactly 18 different ways to pay the bill.
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