Question

5. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 1 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 40 paise per pencil while
selling pencils from her old stock. In a particular month she incurs a loss of 5. In this period, she
sold 45 pens. How many pencils did she sell in this period?​

Answer 1

Answer:125 pencils

Step-by-step explanation:as if he solds 45 pens he will gain ₹45

But he loss ₹5 means he earned -5

So it means he loss ₹50 on pencils

So, no. Of pencils sold

=₹50 divided by 40 paise

So it = 120 pencils

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