Question

8. Loss is denoted by a negative integer and
profit is denoted by a positive integer.
A cement company earns a profit of 8 per
sack of white cement sold and a loss of 5
per sack of grey cement sold.
(i) The
company sells 3000 sacks of white
cement and 5000 sacks of grey cement
in a month. What is its profit or loss?
(ii) What is the number of white cement
sacks it must sell to have neither profit
nor loss, if cement sold is 6400 sacks?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) +24000 ,-25000 =1000 rupees loss

2) we should sell 4000 white cement packs