Question

A man bought 7 pencil for a rupees and sold them at a profit of 40% find how many pencils did he sold for a rupee​

Answer 1

Answer:

He bought 7 oranges for 1 rupee(May be this happened in 19th Century ☺️)

Cost price of one orange : Rs.  17  

Profit margin - 40%, so he will have to add  40100∗17  to the cost price.

Selling Price of one orange :  17+(40100∗17)=140700=1.4/7=0.2  

So, for one rupee he will sell  10.2=5

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