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A manufacturer undertakes to supply pieces of a particular component at per piece. According to his estimates, even if components fail to pass the quality test, then he will make a profit of . However, as it turned out, of the components were rejected. Then what is the loss to the manufacturer?

  1. A
    ₹ 24,000
  2. B
    ₹ 26,000
  3. C
    ₹ 28,000
  4. D
    ₹ 30,000

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let's find the total cost of production first based on the estimation:
* Total components = pieces
* Selling price per component =

If fail, then the accepted components are:



Total revenue earned from selling these pieces:



At this revenue, the profit is estimated to be . We can find the Total Cost Price (CP) of producing all pieces:







Now, let's look at the actual scenario:

* of the components were rejected, so accepted components =
* Actual revenue earned from selling pieces =

The manufacturer's loss is the difference between total cost price and actual revenue earned:

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A manufacturer undertakes to supply pieces of a particular component at per piece. According to his estimates, even if components fail to pass the quality test, then he will make a profit of . However, as it turned out, of the components were rejected. Then what is the loss to the manufacturer?
A
₹ 24,000
B
₹ 26,000
C
₹ 28,000
D
₹ 30,000

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