Lalu sold his watch and sunglasses at a loss of 5% and gain of 5% respectively for 3600 to Bhalu. Bh

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15 Jan 2019 Profit & Loss

Lalu sold his watch and sunglasses at a loss of 5% and gain of 5% respectively for 3600 to Bhalu. Bhalu sold the same sun glasses and watch at a loss of 4% and gain of 4% respectively for 3800. The price of watch and sun glasses respectively to Lalu in rupees were.

OPtion

1) 2650, 950
2) 2550, 1050
3) 2750, 850
4) 2850, 850
5) 2450, 1250
6) 2950, 750
7) 2450, 1050
8) 2650, 1050
9) 2850, 950
10) None of these

Solution

Let the CP of watch be Rs x and sunglasses be Rs y.

Lalu sold his watch and sunglasses at a loss of 5% and gain of 5% :
3600=95x/100 + 105y/100

Bhalu sold the same sun glasses and watch at a loss of 4% and gain of 4% respectively :
3800= 104x/100 + 96y/100

On solving,
y=744.44
x=2966.67

Option 10)

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