Question

A merchant on selling rice earns a profit of 10 per
bag of basmati rice sold and a loss of 5 per bag of
non basmati rice.
(1He sells 3,000 bags of basmati rice and 5,000
bags of non-basmati rice in a month. What is his
profit or loss in a month?
(1) What is the number of basmati rice bags he must sell to have neither profit nor loss, if
the number of bags of non-basmati rice sold is 6,400.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) 5000

2)3200

Step-by-step explanation:

1)profit earn by basmati bag=10

loss earn by non basmati bag= 5 or -5

no of basmagi bag=3000

profit=3000×10=30000

no of non basmati bag= 5000

loss=5000×5=25000

total profit or loss =profit - loss

=30000 -25000

=5000

2)let no of basmati bags be x

total profit loss = profit - loss =0

no of non basmati rice =6400

loss= 6400 ×5 = 32000

profit = x ×10

total profit or loss = profit - loss

(x×10) - 32000 =0

x×10=32000

x = 32000/10

x =3200

thus, no of basmati rice bags is 3200