document.write( "Question 8458: A retailer spent $48 to purchase a number of special mugs. Two of them were broken in the store, but by selling each of the remaining mugs for $3 above the original cost per mug, she made a total profit of $22.
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A retailer spent $48 to purchase a number of special mugs. Two of them were broken in the store, but by selling each of the remaining mugs for $3 above the original cost per mug, she made a total profit of $22.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let the number of mugs be n
\n" ); document.write( "so cost of each mug is 48/n.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "cost of mug for selling = 48/n +3.(three more)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "total number of mugs sold = n-2.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "total amount he got after selling mugs = 48 + 22 = 70.00\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(48/n+3) (n-2) = 70\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "solving it we get n=12.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so the number of mugs initially bought are 12 mugs.
\n" ); document.write( "two mugs got damaged so total sold =10.
\n" ); document.write( "cost of each mug sold is 7.
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