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Q19: Paper 2 – June 2022
Q19: Paper 2 – June 2022
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Nimra buys a 3 kg box of sweets for £17.60
She puts the sweets into bags to sell.
Each bag contains 150g of sweets.
Nimra fills as many bags as possible.
She will sell each bag for the same price.
Nimra wants to make a profit of at least 35%
Assuming she sells all the bags, what is the lowest price Nimra should charge for each bag?
Nimra buys a 3 kg box of sweets for £17.60
She puts the sweets into bags to sell.
Each bag contains 150g of sweets.
Nimra fills as many bags as possible.
She will sell each bag for the same price.
Nimra wants to make a profit of at least 35%
Assuming she sells all the bags, what is the lowest price Nimra should charge for each bag?
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Nimra buys a 3 kg box of sweets for £17.60
She puts the sweets into bags to sell.
Each bag contains 150g of sweets.
Nimra fills as many bags as possible.
She will sell each bag for the same price.
Nimra wants to make a profit of at least 35%
Assuming she sells all the bags, what is the lowest price Nimra should charge for each bag?
Nimra buys a 3 kg box of sweets for £17.60
She puts the sweets into bags to sell.
Each bag contains 150g of sweets.
Nimra fills as many bags as possible.
She will sell each bag for the same price.
Nimra wants to make a profit of at least 35%
Assuming she sells all the bags, what is the lowest price Nimra should charge for each bag?
