Question

a shopkeeper bought 120 apples at h cents each and 180 oranges at k cents each. he packs them into bags which cobtain 2 apples and 3 oranges and sells each bag of fruit for (3h+4h) cebts each. write down, in terms of h and k, an expression for a. the amount of money he spent on the fruits B. the total amount of money for which he sold all the bags of fruit C. the amount he earned from selling all the fruits

Answer 1

shopkeeper bought 120 apples at h cents each, so it'll be 120h cents
and he bought 180 oranges at k cents each, so it'll be 180k cents

A) total money spent on the buying is
120h+180k

B) total amount got on selling the bags of fruits
(assuming price of each bag is 3h+4k)
By putting 2 apples and 3 oranges in each bag he can make 60 distinct bags (120/2=60 or 180/3=60) so,
Total amount=price of each bag*number of bags
=(3h+4k)*60

C) amount earned=amount got while selling-amount spent while buying
=60(3h+4k)-(120h+180k)
=180h-120h+240k-180k
=60h+60k