Question

you have gone to the to buy some pens and pencils for sale create a question for it at what price you will buy and sale to get overall profit ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let number of pens =x

Number of pencils =

2

3

x

Total CP of pens =5x

Total CP of pencils =

2

3

x

Pens are sold at 12% profit, SP =112%of5x=

100

112

×5x

Pencils are sold at 10% profit, SP =110%of

2

3

x=

200

330

x

Now, from the question:

100

112

×5x+

200

330

x=725

1120x+330x=725×200

1450x=145000

x=100

Thus, number of pens =100

Number of pencils =

2

3

×100=150

Hence the answer is 150