Question

a shopkeeper earns a profit of Rs 1 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 40 paise per pencil while selling pencil of her old stock ( a) in march she incurs a loss of Rs 5 . she sold total 45 pens . how many pencil did she shell in march?

Answer 1

Answer:

125

Step-by-step explanation:

45pens - ₹45 gain

let x pencils. So 0.4x loss

total loss= ₹5

so 45+5 =50 lost by selling pencils

so x= 50/0.4

x= 125