Question

3. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 2 by selling a pen and incurs a loss of 50 paise per
pencil and loss of 15 paise per eraser while selling pencils and erasers of old stock. On
a particular day, he earns a profit of 10. If he sold 10 pens and the number of pencils
and erasers he sold are in the ratio 7: 10, then find the number of pencils and erasers
he sold on that day.​

Answer 1

Answer:

3. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 2 by selling a pen and incurs a loss of 50 paise per

pencil and loss of 15 paise per eraser while selling pencils and erasers of old stock. On

a particular day, he earns a profit of 10. If he sold 10 pens and the number of pencils

and erasers he sold are in the ratio 7: 10, then find the number of pencils and erasers

he sold on that day.

Answer 2

Answer:

A shop keeper earns 15 profit.