Question

a cement company earns a profit of rs 8 per bag of white cement solf and a loss of rs 5per bag of grey cement sold ...a.the company sells 3000 bags of white cement and 5000 bags of grry cement in a month .what is uts profit or loss.....b.what is the no.of white cement bags it must sell to have neither profit nor loss.if the no.of grey bags sold is 6400 bags

Answer 1

the profit = 3000×8-5000×5
:: =24000-25000=-1000
therefore the company has Rs.1000 loss

let the no of white bags be x
then 6400×5= 8x
x=6400÷8×5
= 800×5=4000