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Q- a person purchase certain number of eggs at 4 a rupee.he kept one fifth of them and sold the rest at three a rupee and during this process gained 1 rupee.how many eggs did the person buy?


1920adityasingh 5th Apr, 2020
Answer (1)
Smrity 5th Apr, 2020

Hey,

Let the number of eggs bought by the person be x

therefore, Money spent=x/4

he kept x/5 with him therefore remaining eggs:

x-x/5=4x/5, which he sold at 3 rupees

that is 4x/(3*5)=4x/15

given profit is 1 rupee that is,

4x/15-x/4=1

(16-15x)/60=1

x/60=1

x=60

Therefor, number of eggs bought is 60.

I hope this helps.

All the best!

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