Lakshmi is a cashier in a bank. She has currency notes of denominations Rs 100, Rs 50 and Rs 10, respectively. The ratio of the number of these notes is 2:3:5. The total cash with Lakshmi is Rs 4,00,000. How many notes of each denomination does she have?

Let the number of notes of denominations Rs 100, Rs 50 and Rs 10, be 2x, 3x and 5x respectively.


Hence, Total Amount of 100 Rupees Notes are = 100 × 2x = 200x


Total Amount of 50 Rupees Notes are = 50 × 3x = 150x


Total Amount of 10 Rupees Notes are = 10 × 5x = 50x


Thus, 200x + 150x + 50x = 400000


⇒ 400x = 400000


⇒ x = 1000


So, Number of 100 Rs Notes = 2 × 1000 = 2000


Number of 50 Rs Notes = 3 × 1000 = 3000


Number of 10 Rs Notes = 5 × 1000 = 5000

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