Question

Sanju, have made 4% loss by selling 12 pencils at R s.5 Find how many pencils he should sell at 210 to get 28% profit?​

Answer 1

Answer:

CP of 12 toffees ~ 5/0.96 = 5.21

CP of 1 toffee ~ 5.21/12= 0.43

To gain 28 % , SP of 1 toffee~0.43*1.28=0.55

(4) so the no of toffees to be sold for rs 10 ~ (10/0.55) = 18 nos