Subject

    Quantitative Aptitude

    Topic

    Algebra

    A boy was asked to find 8/9th of a fraction. He made a mistake of dividing the fraction by 8/9 and so got an answer which exceeds the correct answer by 17/54. Find the original fraction?

    ক)
    2/3
    খ)
    3/4
    গ)
    4/3
    ঘ)
    3/5
    ঙ)
    None of these

    Explanation

    Let the fraction be a/b We consider fraction a/b = x A boy was asked to find 8/9 th of a fraction. He made a mistake of dividing the fraction by 8/9 and so got an answer which exceeds the correct answer by 17/54 ⇒x89  −89×x  =1754\Rightarrow \frac{x}{{\frac{8}{9}}}\;-\frac{8}{9} \times x\; = \frac{{17}}{{54}} ⇒ 9x/8 – 8x/9 = 17/54 ⇒  9x×9−8x×872=  1754⇒  81x−64x72=1754\begin{array}{l} \Rightarrow \;\frac{{9x \times 9 - 8x \times 8}}{{72}} = \;\frac{{17}}{{54}}\\ \Rightarrow {\rm{\;}}\frac{{81x - 64x}}{{72}} = \frac{{17}}{{54}} \end{array} ⇒ 17x/72 = 17/54 ⇒  x  =1754  ×7217\Rightarrow {\rm{\;x\;}} = \frac{{17}}{{54}}\; \times \frac{{72}}{{17}} ⇒ x = 4/3 So, our fraction a/b = x = 4/3

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