Find the number of glasses broken

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My friend Asha was throwing a very grand party and wanted to borrow from me 100 wine glasses. I decided to send them through my boy servant Harish.
Just to give an incentive to Harish to deliver the glasses intact I offered him 3 paise for every glass delivered safely and threatened to forefeit 9 paise for«very glass he broke.
On settlement Harish received Rs 2.40 from me. How many glasses did Harish break?

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    Let’s assume G is the number of glasses delivered intact. Then,
    3G = the amount earned. Let’s assume B is the number of glasses broken. Then
    9B = the amount forfeited 3G—9B = 240 9B = —240 G + B = 100 3B = 300
    128=60
    B = 5 and G = 95.

    John123 Expert Answered on 26th July 2015.
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