Question

a man buys eggs at 2 for rs1 and an equal number at 3for rs 2 and sell the whole at 5 for rs 3. find his gain or loss percent in the whole transaction.​

Answer 1

Answer:

We would like to find out how many marbles they had to start with. Let the number of marbles John had = x Then, the number of marbles Jivanti had = (45 – x). Hence, the number of marbles John had = 36 and the number of marbles Jivanti had = 45 - 36 = 9.