Reena has pend and pencils which together are 40 in number. If she has 5 more pencils and 5 less pens, the number of pencils would become 4 times the number of pens. Find the original number of pens and pencils.
Given:
(i) Total numbers of pens and pencils = 40.
(ii) If she has 5 more pencil and 5 less pens, the number of pencils would be 4 times the number of pen.
To find: Original number of pens and pencils.
Suppose original number of pencil = x
And original number of pen = y
According the given conditions, we have,
$x+y=40$
$x+y-40=0$...(1)
$5+x=4(y-5)$
$5+x=4 y-20$
$x-4 y+5+20=0$
$x-4 y+25=0$....(2)
Thus we got the following system of linear equations
$x+y-40=0$$\ldots \ldots(1)$
$x-4 y+25=0$$\ldots \ldots(2)$
Substituting the value of y from equation 1 in equation 2 we get
$x-4(40-x)+25=0 \quad[y=(40-x)$ from equation 1$]$
$x-160+4 x+25=0$
$5 x-135=0$
$x=\frac{135}{5}$
$x=27$
Substituting the value of y in equation 1 we get
$27+y=40$
$y=40-27$
$y=13$
Hence we got the result number of pencils is $x=27$ and number of pens are $y=13$