The students of class VIII of a school donated Rs 2401 for PM’s National Relief Fund. Each student donated as many rupees as the number of students in the class, Find the number of students in the class.
Let a be the number of students
Therefore,
Each student denoted a rupee
So,
Total amount collected = a × a rupees
= 2401
a2 = 2401
a = 49
Therefore,
There are 49 students in the class