Question

A fruit seller bought 20 dozen oranges for 160. On the way, 1 dozen oranges were rotten.
He sold the remaining oranges at the rate of 9 per dozen. Find out the profit or loss of the
fruit seller.​

Answer 1

Answer:

30

Step-by-step explanation:

Purchased 20 dozen oranges but had to dump 1 dozen rotten ones so he has now 19 dozen oranges to sell.

He sells them at 9 per dozen so total sales earnings are 19 x 9 = 198

So a profit of 198 - 160 = 30

Answer 2

Question :

A fruit seller bought 20 dozen oranges for 160. On the way, 1 dozen oranges were rotten. He sold the remaining oranges at the rate of 9 per dozen. Find out the profit or loss of the fruit seller.

Answer :

$\bf\pink{Given:}$

• 20 dozen oranges are bought for 160 .

• 1 dozen oranges got rotten .

• Remaining were sold at 9 per dozen .

$\bf\pink{To\:find:}$

• Profit or loss ?

Explanation :

To find the profit or loss percent we need to find profit or loss . To find profit or loss we need to find the selling price of the remaining oranges . To find the remaining oranges we need to subtract the rotten oranges from total oranges .

$\bf\red{Remaining\:oranges = Total\: oranges - rotten\: oranges}$

$\bf\red{Remaining\:oranges = 20 dozen - 1 dozen}$

$\bf\red{Remaining\:oranges = 19 dozen}$

Therefore 19 dozen oranges are remaining.

$\bf\purple{selling\:price = Number\:of\:dozens\times rate}$

$\bf\purple{selling\:price = 19\times 9}$

$\bf\purple{selling\:price = 171}$

Therefore the Selling price is 171 .

$\bf\red{Cost\:price < selling\:price}$

when selling price is greater than the cost price there is profit .

$\bf\purple{profit = selling\:price - cost\:price}$

$\bf\purple{profit = 171 - 160}$

$\bf\purple{profit = 11}$

Therefore the profit is 11 .