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A school wants to spend Rs 6000 to purchase books. Using this data, fill the following table.

Formula: xnyn = 6000 where n = 1,2,3….

x1 = 40, y1 = 150 x1y1 = 6000


x2 = 50, y2 = ? x2y2 = 6000 y2 =


x3 = ?, y3 = 100 x3y3 = 6000 x3 =


x4 = 75, y4 = ? x4y4 = 6000 y4 =


x5 = ?, y5 = 75 x5y5 = 6000 x5 =


The completed table would be



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