SOLUTION: a man bought some apples for $5 per apple. he bought the same number of banana s for $2 per banana. he sold the apples at the profit of 20 % and banana s for the loss 5%,but still

Question 1039347: a man bought some apples for $5 per apple. he bought the same number of banana s for $2 per banana. he sold the apples at the profit of 20 % and banana s for the loss 5%,but still made an overall profit of $360 after selling the all the fruits.what is the number of apples he bought and sold
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of either apples or bananas
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His profit from selling apples is:

His loss from selling bananas is:

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He bought and sold 400 apples
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