Question 399026: carl bought two plots of land for a total of $120,000. When he sold the first plot he made a profit of 15%. when he sold the second he lost 10%. his total profit was 5500.how much did he pay for each piece of land?
Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the first piece of land Carl bought for x$, then the second piece he bought for (120,000-x)$
If he made a profit of 15% when sold the first plot, so profit was 0.15x$
When he sold the second he lost 10%, so he lost 0.1*(120,000-x)
His total profit was 0.15x-0.1*(120,000-x)
His total profit was 5,500
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the first piece of land Carl bought for 70,000$
the second plot he bought for 120,000-70,000=50,000$
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