SOLUTION: a boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 60.he multiplied it by 30 and got his answer lessthan the correct one by by 400. find the number which has to be multiplied

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Hi

 60n = 30n + 400

 30n = 400

   n = 400/30 = 40/3  0r  

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