A shopkeeper earns a profit of 2 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 50 paise per - Maths - Integers

Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of ?2 by selling one pen and incurs a
loss of 50 paise per pencil while selling pencils of her old
stock
1 In a particular month she incurred a loss of ?10
In this period , she sold 45pens how many pencils
did she sell
2 In the next month , she earns neither profit nor loss If she sold
80 pens, howany pencils did she sell

Shruti Tyagi · Accepted Answer

Dear student,

(i) Overall Profit Or Loss = -1045 Pens means Profit of Rs 90  Now No
 of Pencils Sold   Price Of Pencils ⇒ 90-(-10) = Rs 100  So She Sold Pencils At a loss of rs 100  No of pencils =1000
50=200  So She Sold 200 pencils
(ii) Profit Or Loss Incurred = 0  Now 80 pens means profit of Rs 160 Now Cost Price Of Pencils =160-0 =160 No of pencils =1600
50=320So, She Sold 320 pencils

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