A fruit vendor bought $600$ apples for $4800$ . He spent $400$ on transportation. How much should he sell each to get a profit of $1000$ ?

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Solution

Given,
$600$ apples for $R s .4800$
Transpiration $= 400$
So, apples cost price is $4800 + 400 = R s .5200$
Now,
$S P = 5200 +$ profit
$= 5200 + 1000$
$= 6200$
So,
$S P$ of $600$ apples $= R s .6200$
Then,
$S P$ of apples $= \frac{6200}{600}$
We get. $R s .10 .33$

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A fruit vendor bought 600 apples for 4800. He spent 400 on transportation. How much should he sell each to get a profit of 1000?

Given,600 apples for Rs.4800Transpiration =400So, apples cost price is 4800+400=Rs.5200Now,SP=5200+profit=5200+1000=6200So,SP of 600 apples =Rs.6200Then,SP of apples =6200600We get.Rs.10.33

A fruit vendor bought $600$ apples for $4800$ . He spent $400$ on transportation. How much should he sell each to get a profit of $1000$ ?

Given,
$600$ apples for $R s .4800$
Transpiration $= 400$
So, apples cost price is $4800 + 400 = R s .5200$
Now,
$S P = 5200 +$ profit
$= 5200 + 1000$
$= 6200$
So,
$S P$ of $600$ apples $= R s .6200$
Then,
$S P$ of apples $= \frac{6200}{600}$
We get. $R s .10 .33$