The organisers of an essay competition decide that a winner in thecompetition gets a prize of Rs 100 and a participant who does not win gets a prize of Rs 25. The total prize money distributed is Rs 3,000. Find the number of winners, if the total number of participants is 63.

Explanation

To solve the problem step by step, we will use algebra to find the number of winners in the essay competition.

### Step 1: Define the Variables
Let the number of winners be \( X \).

### Step 2: Determine the Number of Non-Winners
Since the total number of participants is 63, the number of non-winners will be:
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