Where is the 1 Rupee gone
Two women set out to the market to sell some oranges. Each had 30 oranges.
The first lady sold oranges at 2 for a rupee and second lady sold oranges at 3 for rupee. At last, the first and second lady made Rs 15 and Rs 10 respectively.
So the total amount is Rs 25.
The next day,
when they sold their 30 oranges together to make business profitable, they pooled their sixty oranges and sold at rate of 5 for Rs 2. After they sold all oranges, they found they had only Rs 24.
They could not understand where the one rupee went. Where did it go?
they suffered the loss of a rupee..
In second case when they sold the oranges together then cost earned for each orange was Rs. 0.4(24/60)
whereas in first case
lets suppose Lady 1:- who sells orange at 3 for re 1.
Lady 2:- who sells orange at 2 for re 1.
if we jointly frame the sets then lady 1 can make 10 sets whereas number will be 15 for lady 2.
for first 20 sets sold ( 10 from lady 1 and 10 from lady 2) joint cost charged for each orange will be 0.4. till now matter lies as no profit for them.
now remaining 5 sets are sold by lady 2 at 1 re per set which means 0.5 paise per orange. and she charges this rate for 5 set == 10 oranges … Here the difference in pice arise … each Orange is sold at 0.10 higher price.. therefore for 10 oranges profit sums upto 0.10*10=1 Re. Which makes the difference
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