Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of rupees 2 by selling one pen and ink as a loss of 60 paise per pencil while selling pencil from his old stocks .in a particular month he incurred a loss of rupees 5 in this period he sold 50 Pence how many pencil this is sale in this period​

Answer 1

Answer: 200 pencils

Step-by-step explanation:She sold 45 pens that month

this means she made a profit of 45*2= Rs. 90

but 

As per Question she made a loss of Rs. 10

=> she made a total loss of 90-x=-10

                                          x=Rs. 100

it is given that she incurs a loss of 50 paise per pencil

=> She sold 100÷1/2

                    = 100×2=200

Therefore she sold 200 pencils that month