Question

*a trader buys sugar for rs.1200 and sell it for rs.1500, per sack of sugar he makes a profit of rs.50. How many sacks of sugar did he have?*

Answer 1

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Cost price=1200

Selling price=1500

Total Profit=1500-1200=300

Per sack profit=50

Hence Number of sacks= 300/50

=6 .

Number of sacks=6.

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Answer 2

He had 6 sacks of sugar.

Given,

A trader buys sugar for Rs. 1200 and sells it for Rs. 1500, per sack of sugar he makes a profit of Rs. 50.

To Find,

How many sacks of sugar did he have?

Solution,

We can solve the question as follows:
It is given that a trader buys sugar for Rs. 1200 and sells it for Rs. 1500, per sack of sugar he makes a profit of Rs. 50. We have to find the sacks of sugar he had.

$Cost\: price = Rs.\: 1200$

$Selling\: price = Rs.\: 1500$

$Profit\: per\: sack = Rs.\: 50$

The overall profit made by the trader will be equal to the cost price subtracted from the selling price.

$Profit = Selling\: price-Cost\: price$

Substituting the values in the above formula,

$Profit = 1500 - 1200 = Rs.\: 300$

Now, the total number of sacks will be equal to the total profit divided by the profit made on one sack.

$Profit = \frac{Total\: profit}{Profit\: on\: one\: sack}$

Therefore,

$Profit = \frac{300}{50} = 6$

Hence, he had 6 sacks of sugar.