A green grocer had a profit of rupees 47 on Monday, a loss of rupees 12 on Tuesday and loss of rupees 8 on Wednesday. Find his net profit or loss in 3 days

Solution:

Let us take profit as a positive integer and loss as negative integer to solve the given problem.

According to question, Grocer’s net profit or loss in 3 days

= ₹(47-12-8)

= ₹27

So, clearly on further calculation the grocer has a profit of ₹ 27

✦ Try This: A green grocer had a profit of rupees 50 on Monday, a loss of rupees 15 on Tuesday and loss of rupees 10 on Wednesday. Find his net profit or loss in 4 days

The above problem can be solved by taking profit as a positive integer and loss as negative integer and can be further solved using integer rules

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NCERT Exemplar Class 7 Maths Chapter 1 Exercise Problem 131

A green grocer had a profit of rupees 47 on Monday, a loss of rupees 12 on Tuesday and loss of rupees 8 on Wednesday. Find his net profit or loss in 3 days

Summary:

After applying the integer rules we examined that the grocer has a net profit of worth ₹ 27

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