A bag contains equal number of Rs.5, Rs.2 and Re.1 coins. If the total amount in the bag is Rs.1152, find the number of coins of each kind?

A. 432
B. 288
C. 144
D. 72
E. None of these

C. 144

Let the number of coins of each kind be x.

⇒ 5x + 2x + 1x = 1152

⇒ 8x = 1152

⇒ x = 1152/8

⇒ x = 144 (Answer)

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