Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

125

Step-by-step explanation:

formula used is

total loss = profit on pen sold + loss on pencil sold

then u can find number of pencils sold

hope it will help you