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A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a particular day that the cost of production of each article (in rupees) was 3 more than twice the number of articles produced on that day. If the total cost of production on that day was Rs. 90, And the number of articles produced and the cost of each article. [NCERT]



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Total cost = Rs. 90
Let number of articles = x
Then price of each articles = 2x + 3
x (2x + 3) = 90
=> 2x² + 3x – 90 = 0
=> 2x² – 12x + 15x – 90 = 0
=> 2x (x – 6) + 15 (x – 6) = 0
=> (x – 6) (2x + 15) = 0
Either x – 6 = 0, then x = 6
or 2x + 15 = 0 then 2x = -15 => x = −15/2 which is not possible being negative
x = 6
Number of articles = 6
and price of each article = 2x + 3 = 2 x 6 + 3 = 12 + 3 = 15

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