A student decides to save money every week according to the following plan: she saves Rs

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Problem

A student decides to save money every week according to the following plan: she saves Rs. 50 in the first week and increases her saving by a fixed amount Rs. dd each subsequent week. After some weeks, she has saved a total of Rs. 4550, and her saving in the last of those weeks was Rs. 300. (i) Form an equation in dd and the number of weeks kk using the information about the last week’s saving. (ii) Using the total amount saved, write a second equation in kk and solve the two equations simultaneously to find dd and kk. (iii) If she continues the same pattern, determine the total amount she will have saved at the end of 2k2k weeks.

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