CBSE Class 10 Maths (Basic) 2022 · Paper 430/3/1 · Question 13
The tradition of pottery making in India is very old. In fact, it is older than Indus Valley Civilization. The shaping and baking of clay articles has continued through the ages. The picture of a potter is shown above. A potter makes a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a particular day the cost of production of each article (in Rs.) was one more than twice the number of articles produced on that day. The total cost of production on that day was Rs. 210.
- aTaking number of articles produced on that day as , form a quadratic equation in .[2]
- bFind the number of articles produced and the cost of each article.[2]
Answer
(a) ; (b) articles, each costing Rs. .
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