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Particular company produces some articles on a day the cost of production per article is Rs 2 more than thrice the number of articles and the total cost of production is Rs 800 on a day then the number of articles is............
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Let the total number articles produced be x. Question says cost of production of each article on a particular day was 2 more than thrice the number of articles produced on that day. Then the production cost of each article = 3x + 2 Given, also that the total cost of production on that day was Rs. 800 which implies, x (3x + 2) = 800 -> 3x^2 + 2x = 800 Now, find x, which shall be 16