/practice%20questions %20with 620answers.pdf 9.10 Practice-Revenue and Distance 1) A merchant bought some pieces of silk for $900. Had he bought 3 pieces mom for the same money, he would have paid S15...

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Extracted text: /practice%20questions %20with 620answers.pdf 9.10 Practice-Revenue and Distance 1) A merchant bought some pieces of silk for $900. Had he bought 3 pieces mom for the same money, he would have paid S15 less for each piece. Find the number of pieces purchased. 2) A number of men subscribed a certain amount to make up a deficit of S100 but 5 men failed to pay and thus increased the share of the others by $1 each. Find the amount that each man paid. 3) A merchant bought a number of barrels of apples for $120. He kept two barrels and sold the remainder at a profit of $2 per barrel making a total profit of $34. How many barrels did he originally buy? 4) A dealer bought a number of sheep for $140. After 5 had died he sold the remainder at a profit of $2 each making a profit of $G0 for the sheep. How many sheep did he originally purchase? 5) A man bought a mmber of articles at equal cost for $500. He sold all but two for $540 at a profit of $5 for each item. How many articles did he buy? 6) A clothier bought a lot of suits for $750. He sold all but 3 of them for $861 making a profit of $7 on each suit sold. How many suits did he buy? )A group of boys bought a boat for S15 Fiwe boys failed to pay their share hence each remaining bovs were compellevl to pay $1.0 more How man os were in the otiginal group and how nch had each agres to pr ) The total expsof a cauping parts were S72 If tlere had bevnewer persons in the party, it woull ha persn $2 ote thas it lH any people we the a d lid it st A factory tests the rood pyfonuot nodelous yriving thent at he different rat dpl for st est Be tchte Theapeoliate ange fr 020 km e o eco 70 0 le the olald stoo dorn it o ki 120 ormit 144 & 7 8 6 P