Here’s the conventional approach

If apples cost Rs a each, mangoes cost Rs m each and pears cost Rs p each,

5 a     + 12 m          + 19 p           = 275 …       …       …       (A)

23 a    + 15 p           + 19 m          = 360  …       …       …       (B)

Three unknowns and two equations. How do we proceed?

Obviously, the conventional approach is inadequate in this case. Let us see what the Smart Scholars Method fetches for us.

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