Solve the following problems:

Susan invited 13 of her friends for her birthday party and created return gift hampers comprising one each of $3, $4, and $5 gift certificates. One of her friends did not turn up and Susan decided to rework her gift hampers such that each of the 12 friends who turned up got $13 worth gift certificates. How many gift hampers did not contain $5 gift certificates in the new configuration?

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Created: 9 months ago | Updated: 9 months ago
Updated: 9 months ago

Total value of initial configeration = 13 hamper × $12 = $156

Again total value of new configeration = 12 hamper × $13=$156

The value of gift certificates will not be changed.

Now Susan started with 13 hampers. Susan has 13 piece of $3 worth gift

Susan has 13 piece of $4 worth gift Susan has 13 piece of $5 worth gift Possible set {5, 5, 3} {4, 4, 5} , (3, 3, 3, 4) in which $5 contains in first two of them and the total

number is 13.

Now, let Susan creates

x hampers of {3, 3, 3, 4}

y hampers of {4,4,5}

And z hampers of {5, 5, 3}

Number of $3 gift will be, 3x + z =13.....(i)

Number of $4 gift will be, x + 2y =13.....(ii)

Number of $5 gift will be, y + 2z = 13 Now, multiplying equation (iii) by 2 and subtracting (ii) from (iii) we get , 

2y+4z=26 x+2y=13 -    -      - 4z-x=13...............(iv)

Again, multiplying equation (i) by 4 and subtracting equation (iv) from (i) we get 12x+4z=52 4z-x=1313x=39 x=3 Here, x is the number of gift hampers without $5 certificates. 3 gift hampers did not contain $5 gift certificates.

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