A baker earns a profit of $4 on selling a pack of white bread and incurs a loss of $6 on selling a pack of brown bread.
On Monday, she incurred an overall loss of $100. If she had sold 26 packs of white bread, how many packs of brown bread did she sell?
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profit on one white bread =4
profit on 26 packs of white bread
= 26×4 = 104
loss on one brown bread = 6
loss on x brown breads = 6x
overall loss =100
104-6x = -100
6x =204
x = 34
no. of brown bread packs sold =34
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