Question

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A shopkeeper gains ₹ 1 on each pen
and loses 40 paise on each pencil. He
sells 45 pens and some pencils
losing ₹ 5 in all. How many
pencils does he selle in all ? Please help me out to solve this question step by step and I don't want copied answers.​

Answer 1

If shopkeeper sell 125 pencils then he loses 125x40=5000 paise i.e Rs.50 and 45 pens gave then 50-45=5 rs he loses in all.

him profit of Rs.45

Therefore total no.of pencils sold by him is 125.

Let A=total pencil sold

40×A-4500=5000

40×A=5000

A=125

Answer 2

Answer:

125

Step-by-step explanation:

Sold 45 pen so profit will be

45rupee

now, we dont know the number of pencils sold

so let pencils sold x

according to ques

45-.4x = -5

50= .4x

x= 50/.4

x= 125 pencils sold