Question

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6. shopkeeper earns a profit of 1 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 10 paise per pencil while
selling pencils of her old stock
(1) In a particular month she incurs a loss of 5. In this period, she sold 45 pens. How many
pencils did she sell in this period ?
(2) In the next month she earns neither profit nor loss. If she sold 70 pens, how many pencils did
she sell?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)500 pencils

2)700 pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

1)she sold 45pens then she gets 45rupees

but she got lose of 5 rupees

so selling each gives lose of 10 paise

45•10=450+5•10=50

=500

2)she sold 70 pens so she gets 70rupees profit

but she get neither profit nor lose

so she sold 70•10=700pencils