Question

.. A shopkeeper bought some pencils at rupees 120 per dozen one day poorboy came to the shopkeeper to by 2 pencils but he had only rupees 16 the shopkeeper gave him to pencil for the Rupees 16 find the cost price of one pencil find the selling price of one pencil find the shopkeeper loss and loss percent please like the answer step by step

Answer 1

if dozen pencils =rupees120, then cost of one pencil= 10 rupees,then boy buy2 pencils= rupees16 then cost of one pencil 8 rupees.loss percent=25