Question

a shopkeeper gain rs* 1 on each pan and losses 40 paise on each pencil * he sale 45 pan and some pencils rs*5 in all * how many pencils does he sell

Answer 1

A shopkeeper earns a profit of Re 1 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 40p per pencil of her old stock.In a particular month she incurs a loss of Rs 5. In this period, she sold 45 pens. How many pencils did she sell in this period.
Ans. She sells 125 pencils in this period. She earned neither a profit nor a loss.