Amal purchases some pens at ₹ 8 each. To sell these, he hires an employee at a fixed wage. He sells 100 of these pens at ₹ 12 each. If the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 11 each, then he makes a net profit of ₹ 300, while he makes a net loss of ₹ 300 if the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 9 each. The wage of the employee, in INR, is
Explanation:
Let the total number of pens Amal bought = x
Also, let the wage of the employee = w
∴ Amal’s total cost price = 8x + w
Total selling price of the first 100 pen = 100 × 12 = 1200
Case 1: The remaining pen when each is sold at Rs. 11 Total selling price of the remaining pen = (x - 100) × 11
⇒ 1200 + 11(x - 100) = 8x + w + 300 ⇒ 3x - 200 = w …(1)
Case 2: The remaining pen when each is sold at Rs. 9 Total selling price of the remaining pen = (x - 100) × 9
⇒ 1200 + 9(x - 100) = 8x + w - 300 ⇒ x + 600 = w …(2)
Solving (1) and (2) we get
x = 400 and w = 1000.
Hence, 1000.
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In second case ans is not 4x it's x
Correction done. Thank you.
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In second case ans is not 4x it's x
Correction done. Thank you.