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A man bought some articles for $540. He lost 2 and sold the rest at $6 per article more than he gave for them. On the whole transaction he gained 10% on his outla
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A man bought some articles for $540. He lost 2 and sold the rest at $6 per article more than he gave for them. On the whole transaction he gained 10% on his outla
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Question 758664: MATH QUESTION---
A man bought some articles for $540. He lost 2 and sold the rest at $6 per article more than he gave for them. On the whole transaction he gained 10% on his outlay. How many articles did he buy?
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Thank You for Your Time :D Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the number of articles he bought = the cost / article that he bought
He lost 2, so he had left
He sold the rest at $6 per article more than he gave for them per item is what he sold items for
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He gained 10% overall
He ended up with $594
Use quadratic formula
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(Note that I can't use the (+) square root )
He bought 20 articles
check:
540/20 = 27
He lost 2 and had 18
This is 10% more that he paid originally
OK
