Question

a merchant on selling rice earns a profit of rs 10 per bag of basmati rice sold and a loss rs 5 per bag of non basmati rice

what is the number of basmati rice bags he must sell to haveneither profit nor loss if the number of bags of non basmati rice

Answer 1

Answer:

Given:profit of 10 per bag of basmati riceloss of 5 per bag of non-basmati rice1) 3,000 bags of basmati rice * 10 = 30,000 profit5,000 bags of non-basmati rice * 5 = 25,000 loss30,000 - 25,000 = 5,000 net profit2) Let x be the number of bags of basmati rice10x = 6,400*510x = 32,000x = 32,000/10x = 3,200 bags of basmati rice.