Two schools 'P' and 'Q' decided to award prizes to their students for two games of Hockey ₹$x$ per student and Cricket ₹$y$ per student. School 'P' decided to award a total of ₹9,500 for the two games

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Two schools 'P' and 'Q' decided to award prizes to their students for two games of Hockey ₹

x

per student and Cricket ₹

y

per student. School 'P' decided to award a total of ₹9,500 for the two games to 5 and 4 students respectively; while school 'Q' decided to award ₹7,370 for the two games to 4 and 3 students respectively.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) Represent the following information algebraically (in terms of

x

and

y

).

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) Represent the following information algebraically (in terms of $x$ and $y$).

Accepted Answer

Step 1: $5x + 4y = 9500$ ... (1)
Step 2: $4x + 3y = 7370$ ... (2)

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