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Romila went to a stationary shop and purchased 2 pencils and 3 erasers for Rs. 9. Her friend Sonali saw the new variety of pencils and erasers with Romila and she also bought 4 pencils and 6 erasers of the same kind for Rs. 18. Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.

Let the cost of one pencil = Rs x

and cost of one eraser = Rs y


Romila spent = Rs. 9


Sonali spent = Rs. 18


According to the question


2x + 3y = 9 …(1)


4x + 6y = 18 …(2)


Now, table for 2x + 3y = 9



Now, table for 4x + 6y = 18



On plotting points on a graph paper and join them to get a straight line representing 2x + 3y = 9.


Similarly, on plotting the points on the same graph paper and join them to get a straight line representing 4x + 6y = 18.



Here, we can see that both the lines coincide. This is so, because, both the equations are equivalent, i.e.2(2x + 3y) = 2×9 equation (2) is derived from the other.


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