document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1141110>Question 1141110</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A woman bought 130kg of tomatoes for ₦52,000. She sold half of the tomatoes at a profit of 30%. The rest of the tomatoes began to go bad  she then reduced the selling price per kg by 12%. Calculate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the new selling price per kg.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) the percentage on the entire sales if she threw away 5kg of bad tomatoes.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "find cost of each kg of tomatoes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=52000%2F130 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"52000%2F130\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = $400 per kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( " She sold half of the tomatoes at a profit of 30%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65 kg of tomatoes sold for 1.3(400) = $520 per kg, of the half were sold<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The rest of the tomatoes began to go bad she then reduced the selling price per kg by 12%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Calculate:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the new selling price per kg.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".12 reduction is .88 * 520 = $457.60 for the other half of the tomatoes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) the percentage on the entire sales if she threw away 5kg of bad tomatoes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am not sure what this means, does it mean what is the percentage of profit?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Profit = (520(65)+457.6(65-5)) - 52000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "profit = 9256<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9256%2F52000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9256%2F52000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > * 100 = 17.8% profit<BR>\n" );
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