Rakesh purchased a mobile phone for ₹ 5400 and a refrigerator for ₹ 9600. He sold the mobile phone at… · ABC26GN2595

Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Profit and Loss · Exam: 2010 · Marks: · Difficulty:

Rakesh purchased a mobile phone for ₹ 5400 and a refrigerator for ₹ 9600. He sold the mobile phone at three-fourths of its cost price and the refrigerator at $1 \frac{1}{3}$ of its cost price. What was the profit/loss?

(a)₹ 1580

(b)₹ 1750

(c)₹ 1850

(d)₹ 1870

(e)None of these

Answer

Answer (as printed): C

Explanation

Total C.P. $=₹(5400+9600)=₹ 15000$. $$\begin{aligned} \text { Total S.P. } & =₹\left(\frac{3}{4} \text { of } 5400+\frac{4}{3} \text { of } 9600\right) \\ & =₹\left(5400 \times \frac{3}{4}+9600 \times \frac{4}{3}\right)=₹(4050+12800) \\ & =₹ 16850 . \\ \text { Profit }= & ₹(16850-15000)=₹ 1850 . \end{aligned}$$

Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.

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