Question

A shopkeeper sold bats and balls on a certain day. On each bat, he gained $200
and on each ball, he lost $25. If he could sell 25 bats and 98 balls, calculate his
total gain or loss.

Answer 1

please find below the solution to the asked query:

Given : A shopkeeper sold bats and balls. for a bat +100 and for a ball - 25.

If he sold 25 bats and 98 balls .

Then, His profit/loss =  (100 ) ( 25 ) + ( 98 ) ( - 25 ) =  2500 - 2450 =  50 ( That is a positive integer )

So,

He gets a profit of Rs. 50