Question

fruit seller earns a profit of Rupees 1 by selling one orange and incurs a loss of 40 paise per Apple while selling raw apples.
i) in a particular week he incurs a loss of rupees 5. in this period he sold 45 oranges how many raw apples did he sell in this week​

Answer 1

Answer:

Loss of 4% means that 40 apples per rupee means the price is 0.40 rupee per apple, which is 96% of the price for which the apples were bought; to gain a profit of 8%, the selling price must be 108% of the buying price:

96 / 0.40 = 108 / x {Set up proportions}

240 = 108 / x

240 x = 108

x = 108 / 240

x = 0.45

The selling price, for 108% profit, must be 0.45 rupee per apple, meaning 45 apples per rupee.