Question

a trader in a profit of rupees 5 by selling an electronic toy but it in in curse lossof ₹2by selling a soft toy from old stock (a)on a particular day he loses rupees ₹200 by selling electronic toys and softtoys if he sold and 100electronic toys how many softtoys. did he sell on that day?(b)how many soft toys the trader should have sold on that day to have no profit or loss?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) 350 softtoys (when he had loss of 200)

2) 250 softtoys to have no profit no loss

Step-by-step explanation:

let the no. of toys be x

-2x + 500 = -200 (- sign denotes loss)

-2x = -700

x=350

for no loss no profit

-2x + 500 = 0

-2x = -500

x= 250