Fortune Telling Collection - Free divination - The Russian novelist Chekhov wrote such a mathematical problem of buying cloth in a novel. Please use arithmetic and equation to solve it.

The Russian novelist Chekhov wrote such a mathematical problem of buying cloth in a novel. Please use arithmetic and equation to solve it.

Solution: Suppose blue cloth bought X Russian ruler and black cloth bought (138-X) Russian ruler.

3X+5*( 138-X)=540

3X+690-5X =540

﹣2X =540-690

﹣2X =﹣ 150

X =75

Black cloth = 138-75 = 63 (Russian ruler)