Question

A bakery earns a profit of ₹ 10 per cupcake and a loss of ₹ 5 per cookies. If one day 250 cupcakes and 300 cookies were sold, then what is the total profit/Loss?

• A. Profit of ₹ 1000
• B. Loss of ₹ 1000
• C. Profit of ₹ 4000
• D. Loss of ₹ 4000

Answer 1

The correct option is A Profit of ₹ 1000

Let us take the profit as a positive integer and loss as a negative integer.
$\therefore$ The total profit earned by selling cupcakes = $250\times (+10)=(+2500)$
$\therefore$ The total loss incurred by selling cookies = $300\times (-5)=(-1500)$
$\therefore$ The total profit/loss = (+2500) + (-1500) = (+1000)
Hence, they had a profit of ₹1000.