Question
The cost price of 16 mangoes is Rs.240. Because of bad
quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 4 mangoes. Find the price at which the mangoes were sold.Solution
Let the selling price of one mango be Rs. x So, the selling price of 16 mangoes = Rs.16x Now, => 16x = 240 – 4x => x = 12 Therefore the selling price of 16 mangoes = 16 × 12 = Rs.192
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