Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of rupees 1 on selling one pen and suffers a loss of 30 paise on selling one pencil. In a particular month, he incurs a loss of 5rupees . In that month, he sold 40pens .how many pencil did he sell in that period?

Answer 1

150 pencils.

Amount made with pens 40.

Remainder -5

Lost 45 rs.

45/.30 = amount of pencils.

150 pencils..

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