Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of of ₹1 by selling one pen and suffers a loss of 30 paise one sale of one pencil.ln a particular month,he incurs a loss of ₹5.ln that month,he sold 40 pens.how many pencils did he sell in that period?
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Answer 1

Answer:

He had sold 12 pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the pencils be x

1*40+x*-0.30=5

40-0.30x=5

-0.30x=-35

X=-35/-0.30

X=7/0.6=70/6

X=11.6

He has sold 12 pencils approximately.

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