Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of 5 by selling a new register and incurs a loss of 2 per register on old stock. In a particular day, he incurs a loss of 6, by selling 10 new registers. How many old registers did he sell on that particular day?​

Answer 1

Answer:

28

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Profit of selling new register = Rs 5. Loss of selling old register = Rs 2. Loss incured on a day = Rs 6.

No. of new To find = registers sold on that day = 1 10. No. of old registers sold,

Polution: het the loss from sale of old registers be 'x'.

Profit gained

= Rs 50.

Total loss incurred Rs 6.

on 10 new

registers

But Total loss registers 6 - Loss incurred from old Profit gained from new =x-50 => x = 56.

registers.

... No of old registers sold = 56 = 28.

Answer: Hence, the number of old regis ters sold on that day is 28.

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