a shopkeeper earns a profit of rs 3 by selling one apple and incurs a loss of RS 2 on an orange in October he incurred a loss of RS 6 in this period he sold 12 apples how many oranges did he sell
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12 ×3 - 2 ×x = -6
-2x=-42
2x=42
X = 21
-2x=-42
2x=42
X = 21
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U keep the number of oranges as x and then solve
2×x is the cost of oranges
Or he loss they give
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the number of shopkeeper sold be x
Now, he sold 12 apple at Rs.3 =Rs.12×3
And he sold x orange at Rs.2 loss
= -2x
Now he sold at Rs.6 loss
So 36 - 2x = -6
-2x = -6 - 36
x = -42/-2
x = 21
The number of = 21
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