Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of Rs 3 on selling a pencil and incurs a loss of Rs 2 on selling a pen. i) He incurred a loss of Rs 50 by selling some pens and some pencils. If he sold 34 pens, how many pencils did he sell?

Answer 1

Answer:

after selling one pencil the shopkeeper in cause a profit of a PS3 and after selling one pen A shopkeeper enters a loss of rupees 2 if he sold 34 friends let the number of pencils sold should be x now according to question the equation form is 2 into 34 - 3 X equal to 50 thats minus 3 X = - 18 now if we solve it the value of x is 5 the shopkeeper sold 5 pencils