Question

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A bookseller buys 500 pencils at 4 each. He sells 300 of them at 5 each and the rest at 6 each
Find his gain per cent.
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Answer 1

Answer:

p=4s. p ,c.p/s.p= 4/6, s.p - c.p/c.p= (6-4)×100/4= 50% 5×100/20= 25%

Answer 2

Answer:

Given:

A bookseller buys 500 pencil at rupees 4 each he sells 300 of them at rupees 5 each and the rest at rupees 6 each

To find:

Find his gain percent

Solution:

He brought 500 pencils at 4 each =500 \times 4=\mathrm{Rs} .2000=500×4=Rs.2000

He sold 300 at Rs.5, 300 \times 5=1500300×5=1500

Rest of the pencils = 500 – 300= 200 were sold at 6 rupees each, =200 \times 6=1200=200×6=1200

The total pencils were sold at = 1500 + 1200 = 2700.

He gained 700 rupees, hence 2000 \times \frac{x}{100}=7002000×

100

x

=700

x = 35%