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Linear Equations: Find the Unknown

Turn a word problem into an equation

Three notebooks and a pen cost ₹65. The pen costs ₹5. If each notebook has the same price x, write 3x + 5 = 65.

Subtract 5: 3x = 60. Divide by 3: x = 20. Each notebook costs ₹20. Check: three notebooks cost ₹60; adding the ₹5 pen gives ₹65.

Practice: four identical pencils and a ₹6 eraser cost ₹30. Write 4x + 6 = 30, giving x = 6. Each pencil costs ₹6.

Chapter Quiz

Check what you have learned.

1. Three notebooks plus a ₹5 pen cost ₹65. What is the notebook price?