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If the wheat is typically $3/pound, a 10% discount would mean that the wheat sold for $.30 less than $3, or 2.70/pound. And if the scale incorrectly shows that 1 pound is .9 pounds, then the store will receive .9 * 2.70 = 2.43/pound. If Abir broke even, then he must have paid the same price. The answer is AJoy Shaha wrote:Q. Abir has a wheat business . he purchases wheat from a local wholesaler at a particular cost per pound . The price of wheat at his store $ 3 per pound. His faulty spring balance reads .9 pounds for a pound. Also in the festival season, he gives a 10% discount on the wheat .He found that he made neither a profit or loss in the festive season . At what price the wheat from wholesaler ?
A.2.43;
B.2.5;
C.2.7;
D.3;
E.3.3
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While I doubt that the source of the question is genuine, I could get what the prompt wants to say.Joy Shaha wrote:Q. Abir has a wheat business . he purchases wheat from a local wholesaler at a particular cost per pound . The price of wheat at his store $ 3 per pound. His faulty spring balance reads .9 pounds for a pound. Also in the festival season, he gives a 10% discount on the wheat .He found that he made neither a profit or loss in the festive season . At what price the wheat from wholesaler ?
A.2.43;
B.2.5;
C.2.7;
D.3;
E.3.3
