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A man buys 5 dozen eggs at Rs.36 per dozen out of which 5% got broken. He sold the remaining eggs for Rs.48 per dozen. What was his total gain?

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Concept- Remember the basic profit and loss formulas, such as (Gain = selling price – cost price) , and use them to solve these types of questions.
Cost price of 1 dozen =

So, the cost of 1 egg

So, the cost of 5 dozen eggs

Therefore, the cost price of 5 dozen eggs =

Since

of eggs are broken in 5 dozen

eggs are broken of total eggs
Total numbers of eggs

Numbers of eggs are remaining to sell

eggs
Now he sold eggs Rs. 48 per dozen
So, the selling price of one egg

Now the price of total eggs

So, the selling price

So, the total money gain by the man

Gain money

.
Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

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