Question

A women sold 15 bed sheets for rs.15,000. Hence gaining 5 bedsheet's cost prices. The cost per sheet is

Answer 1

Rs.750 is the cost of one bed sheet.

Given:

A woman sold 15 bed sheets for Rs.15000

Profit gained =  cost price of 5 bed sheet’s

To find:

Cost of one bed sheet = ?

Solution:

The selling price of 15 bedsheet is Rs. 15000

That means the selling price of a single bed sheet is $=\frac{\text {total Selling price}}{\text {total number of units}}=\frac{15000}{15}=R s .1000$

The cost price of a single bed sheet is X

The cost price of 15 bedsheet is = 15X

The gain price is 5X, therefore, according to the formula $g a i n=S . P .-C . P$

$5 X=S . P .-15 X ; 20 X=S . P$ with S.P. being $Rs. 15000$

The cost price of a single bedsheet is $\bold{\frac{15000}{20}=R s .750.}$