Question

a fruit vendor bought 75 Kg of bananas she gave 10kg of the bananas to a poor family she sold the remainder at $28 per kg if she make a loss of $55 on the transaction calculate the cost price of the bananas​

Answer 1

$25

Explanation:

the fruit vendor sold 75-10 = 65 kg of bananas. 65*28 = 1820 dollars. so the fruit vendor earned 1820 dollars.

since she lost 55 dollars, 75 * cost = 1875, divide by 75 to get cost = 25