There were 40 tourist class passengers and 12 first class passengers.
Explanation:
Let the number of passengers who booked for tourist class be
=
x
Then, number of passengers who booked for first class
=
52
−
x
According to question,
Total money paid = $25(tourist class)+$30(first class)
$
1360
=
$
25
(
x
)
+
$
30
(
52
−
x
)
1360
=
25
x
+
1560
−
30
x
1360
−
1560
=
25
x
−
30
x
−
200
=
−
5
x
x
=
−
200
−
5
x
=
40
So, there were 40 tourist class passengers.
Now first class passengers
=
52
−
x
=
52
−
40
=
12
∴
There were 40 tourist class passengers and 12 first class passengers.
As a check
Total money paid = $25(tourist class)+$30(first class)
R
H
S
=
$
25
(
40
)
+
$
30
(
12
)
$
1000
+
$
360
=
$
1360
L
H
S
=
$
1360
Hence verified.
