: Find out solutions for these simple sums #IndiaNEWS #Education Today Hyderabad: This is in continuation to the last article focusing on profit and loss topic. Here are practice questions along with

Find out solutions for these simple sums #IndiaNEWS #Education Today
Hyderabad: This is in continuation to the last article focusing on profit and loss topic. Here are practice questions along with solutions that will help you in your preparation for the State government recruitment jobs.
1. A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business, he suffered a loss of 3. The total number of articles bought by him was?
a) 1090 b) 1080 c) 540 d) 545
Ans: b
Solution: Let the person buy 10 articles
Total CP = Rs (1 5/4) = Rs 9/4
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5. Krishna bought 25 books for 2,000 and sold them at a profit equal to the selling price of 5 books. The selling price of 1 book is?
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Ans: a
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