A woman bought 130kg of tomatoes for C52,000.00. she sold half of them at a profit of 30%. The rest of the tomatoes began to go bad, she then reduced the selling price per kg by 12%. Calculate: (a) The new selling price per kg. (b) The percentage profit on the whole transaction if she threw away 5kg of bad tomatoes.

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A woman bought 130kg of tomatoes for C52,000.00. she sold half of them at a profit of
30%. The rest of the tomatoes began to go bad, she then reduced the selling price per kg by
12%. Calculate:
6.
(a)
The new selling price per kg.
(b)
The percentage profit on the whole transaction if she threw away 5kg of bad
tomatoes.
Transcribed Image Text:A woman bought 130kg of tomatoes for C52,000.00. she sold half of them at a profit of 30%. The rest of the tomatoes began to go bad, she then reduced the selling price per kg by 12%. Calculate: 6. (a) The new selling price per kg. (b) The percentage profit on the whole transaction if she threw away 5kg of bad tomatoes.
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