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A cement company earns a profit of ₹ 8 per bag of white cement sold and a loss of ₹ 5 per bag of grey cement sold. (a) The company sells 3,000 bags of white cement and 5,000 bags of grey cement in a month. What is its profit or loss? (b) What is the number of white cement bags it must sell to have neither profit nor loss, if the number of grey bags sold is 6,400 bags.

Solution We indicate profit in positive integer and loss in negative integer. (a) Profit gained while selling 1 bag of white cement = Rs 8... View Article

In a class test containing 10 questions, 5 marks are awarded for every correct answer and (-2) marks are awarded for every incorrect answer and 0 for questions not attempted. (i) Mohan gets four correct and six incorrect answers. What is his score? (ii) Reshma gets five correct answers and five incorrect answers, what is her score? (iii) Heena gets two correct and five incorrect answers out of seven questions she attempts. What is her score?

Solution (i) Mohan gets four correct and six incorrect answers. What is his score? From the given details we get to know that Marks... View Article