Profit and Loss Practice Test 1

Question : 15 of 40

Marks: +1, -0

A person bought n articles for Rs d. He sold two articles at half their costs and the rest at a profit of Rs 8 on each article. If the overall profit is Rs 70, then the least possible value of n is:

Validate

Solution:

Let CP of articles = Rs 10
Number of articles = n
SP of 2 articles

=2×10/2=10

SP of (n - 2) articles = (10 + 8) (n - 2) = 18n - 30
Total SP = 18n - 26
CP = 10n
18n - 26 - 10n = 70
8n = 96
n = 12

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