QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Maths

Prelims 2025

Team X scored a total of NN runs in 20 overs. Team Y tied the score in 10%10\% less overs. Had Team Y's average run rate (runs per over) been 50%50\% higher, the scores would have been tied in 12 overs. How many runs were scored by Team X?

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Explanation

Team X: 2020 overs → NN runs.

Team Y ties in 10%10\% fewer overs → 1818 overs, so Y’s actual run rate = N/18N/18 runs per over.

If Y’s run rate were 50%50\% higher: new rate = 1.5×(N/18)=N/121.5 \times (N/18) = N/12 runs per over, so in 1212 overs Y would score (N/12)×12=N(N/12) \times 12 = N runs.

This condition holds for any NN and gives no additional constraint. Therefore, NN cannot be determined from the given information.

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