Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of Rs 1 on seeling one pen and suffers a loss of 30 paise on selling one pencil in a particular mouth he incurs a loss of Rs 5 in that month he sold 40 ( ens how many pencil did he sell in the period​

Answer 1

Answer:

loss incurred = 5pen sold = 45pencil = 500 paise diveded by 40paise= 12.5 pencils2. pens sold = 70no profit = nor losspencis sold = 7000paise divideded by 40 = 175 pencils

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Profit earned by selling 1 pen = Re 1Profit earned by 45 pens = Rs. 45, which we denote by + Rs. 45Total loss given = Rs. 5, which we denote by Rs -5.Profit earned + Loss incurred = Total LossTherefore, loss incured = Total Loss - Profit earned.= Rs. (-5-45)=Rs. (-50)= -5000 paiseLoss incurred by selling one pencil = 40 paise, which we write as -40 paise.So, number of pencils sold = (−5000)÷(−40)=125 pencils.