A shopkeeper sells a pencil for rupees 5 1/4 . He makes a total of rupees 446 1/4 by the end of the day. If the pencils came in boxes of 15 each, approximately how many boxes has he sold by the end of the day?
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5 2/3
Step-by-step explanation:
Cost of 1 pencil= 5 1/4= 21/4
Total sales in a day= 446 1/4= 1785/4
Number of pencils= Total sales/Cost of 1 pencil
=1785/4/21/4= 1785/21=85
Number of pencils in 1 box= 15
Number of pencils sold=85
Number of boxes= 85/15= 5 10/15 = 5 2/3
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