Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of ` 1 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 40 paise per pencil while selling pencils from her old stock. In a particular month she incurs a loss of ` 5. In this period, she sold 45 pens. How many pencils did she sell in this period?

Answer 1

Answer:

pencils loss 40 p

=500/405

=25 by 2???

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we donate

Profit by +

Loss by -

Therefore"

Profit of 1 pen = 1 Rs. + 100 paisa

Loss of 1 pencil= 40 paisa

Hence;

Total loss = 5 Rs.

=5×100 paisa

=500

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