A shopkeeper sells small notebooks at Rs 20 each and large notebooks at Rs 30 each

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Problem

A shopkeeper sells small notebooks at Rs 20 each and large notebooks at Rs 30 each. On a particular day he sold 12 notebooks altogether and collected Rs 290. Which ordered pair (small, large)(\text{small},\, \text{large}) gives the number of small and large notebooks sold? (a) (6,6)(6, 6) (b) (5,7)(5, 7) (c) (7,5)(7, 5) (d) (8,4)(8, 4)

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