Question

A toy shop owner earns a profit of Rs 5 by selling an electronic toy and incurs a loss of

Rs 2 by selling a soft toy from his old stock.

a) On a particular day, he sells 100 electronic toys and 300 soft toys. Find his overall

profit or loss.

b) How many soft toys should he sell to have no profit or loss, if he sells 200 electronic

toys in 1 day?​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

A toy shop owner earns a profit of Rs 5 by selling an electronic toy and incurs a loss of

Rs 2 by selling a soft toy from his old stock.

a) On a particular day, he sells 100 electronic toys and 300 soft toys. Find his overall

profit or loss.

b) How many soft toys should he sell to have no profit or loss, if he sells 200 electronic

toys in 1 day

Answer 2

Answer:

Total profit on selling 1 electronic toy = 5 Rs

Total loss on selling 1 soft toy = 2 Rs

a) So Total profit on selling 100 electronic toys = 5*100 = 500Rs

And Total loss on selling 300 soft toys = 2*100 = 200 Rs

And 500 - 200 = 300 Rs

So he is in overall profit of 300 Rs

b) Let the number of soft toys be x

So Total loss on selling x number of toys = 2*x = 2x

And Total profit on selling 200 electronic toys = 5*200 = 1000

And 1000 - 2x = 0

= -2x = -1000

= x = 500

Hence he should sell 500 soft toys to have no profit or loss.