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Kantabai bought  kg tea and 5 kg sugar from a shop. She paid Rs 50 as return fare for rickshaw. Total expense was Rs 700. Then she realised that by ordering online the goods can be bought with free home delivery at the same price. So next month she placed the order online for 2 kg tea and 7 kg sugar. She paid Rs 880 for that. Find the rate of sugar and tea per kg.

Let x be the cost of tea and y be the cost of sugar

As she paid ₹50 as return fare




According to second situation,



Multiplying Eq. I by 2 and Eq. II by 3


…..(III)



Subtracting Eq. III from IV





Substituting y=40 in Eq. I





3x=900




Tea; ₹ 300 per kg.


Sugar ; ₹ 40 per kg.


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