A man bought at the cost of 5 plums a rupee and 2 oranges a rupee. He sells 10 plums and 6 oranges at the selling price of 4 plums a rupee and 3 oranges a rupee. What is his gain or loss

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balakumar

  • Jun 29th, 2006
 

Loss of 50p

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sharmila

  • Jul 6th, 2006
 

no gain, no loss

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joseph vasant prakash

  • Jul 7th, 2006
 

Let 1Re=100p
Cost of One Plum = 100/5=20p
Cost of One Orange = 100/2=50p

Cost price for 4 Plums = 4*20p=80p
Selling price for 4 Plums = 100p
Profit in Plum Sales = 20p

Cost price for 3 Oranges = 3*50=150p
Selling price for 3 Oranges = 100p
Loss in Orange Sales = 50p

Actual Profit/Loss = 20p-50p = -30p

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swetha

  • Jul 31st, 2006
 

5 plums -1 rs       10  plums-2 rs

2 oranges-1 rs      6 oranges 3 rs

                      total=5 rs

s.p   4 plums 1 rs    10 plums 2 .50 rs

       3 oranges 1 rs   oranges 2 rs

                      total=4 .50 rs

loss=.50 paise

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govindarajan

  • Oct 12th, 2006
 

According to first statement The cost of one plum is 20p cost of orange is 50p Then 10 plums and 6 oranges cost = 2+3 =5 According to second ,it costs 4.50 only THus he gets loss of 50p

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vinil

  • Oct 26th, 2006
 

Loss of 50 paise

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