A vegetable merchant gets a profit of Rs. 200 per bag on onions sold and a loss of Rs. 30 per bag on potatoes sold. a) If he sells 30 bags of onions and 50 bags of potatoes what is his profit or loss? b) If he sells 40 bags of potatoes calculate the number of bags sold so that he makes no profit or loss.
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Answer:
a)4500 rupees profit b)6bags of onion should be sold to get no profit or loss
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
a) Rs. 4500 profit
b) 46 total bags sold ( 40 potato bags and 6 onion bags )
Step-by-step explanation:
a) Profit for selling 1 bag of onion = 200
so profit for selling 30 bags of onions = 200 x 30 = 6000
loss for selling 1 bag of potato = 30
so loss for selling 50 bags of potatoes = 30 x 50 = 1500
difference between profit and loss = 6000 - 1500 = 4500
so there is a profit of Rs. 4500
b) loss for selling 1 bag of potato = 30
loss on selling 40 bags of potatoes = 30 x 40 = 1200
required profit such that there is no profit or loss = 1200
profit on selling 1 bag of onion = 200
required number of onion bags = required profit / profit per bag
= 1200 / 200
= 6
therefore 6 bags of onions have to be sold so that shopkeeper makes no profit nor loss
Total number of bags sold = 46 bags ( 40 potato bags and 6 onion bags )