Question

A shopkeeper earn a profit of rs 2 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 50 paise per pencil while selling pencils of her old stock
Next week he gained 100 rs if he 500 pencils find the no. Of pens sold

Answer 1

Answer:

1.ans- loss incurred = 5pen sold = 45pencil = 500 paise diveded by 40paise= 12.5 pencils2. pens sold = 70no profit = nor losspencis sold = 7000paise divideded by 40 = 175 pencils