Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of rupees 1on selling one pen.and suffers loss of 30 paise on selling one pencil in a particular month he incurs a loss of rupees5 in that month he sold 40 pens how many pencils did he sell in.that period

Answer 1

1.ans- 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