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 January 19th, 2018, 11:16 PM #1 Newbie   Joined: Jan 2018 From: Pakistan Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Can you solve this question? Please include method Can someone solve this question? A fish merchant bought a container of fish for $36000. He sold 1/2 of the fish at a profit of 20% and 1/6 of the fish at a loss of 10%. At what price must he sell the remaining fish in order to make a profit of 15% on the whole? Last edited by skipjack; January 20th, 2018 at 05:05 PM.  January 19th, 2018, 11:40 PM #2 Senior Member Joined: Feb 2016 From: Australia Posts: 1,749 Thanks: 613 Math Focus: Yet to find out. Have you made any progress? Care to share? Remember, you can give a poor man a fish and feed him for a day.... Thanks from jonah  January 20th, 2018, 05:30 PM #3 Global Moderator Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,101 Thanks: 1905 He sold 1/2 of the fish for a profit of \$18000 Ã— 20% = \$3600. He sold 1/6 of the fish for a loss of \$6000 Ã— 10% = \$600. How much profit needs to be made on the remaining fish so that the overall profit is \$36000 Ã— 15% = \\$5400?

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