ECZ 2020 · GCE Paper 1 — Social and Commercial Arithmetic

Mrs Kalomba bought 120 shares at a nominal value of K40.00 each which she later sold at K42.50 each. Find her profit.

  • A. K300.00
  • B. K5 100.00
  • C. K4 800.00
  • D. K30.00

Verified working — step 1

Profit lives in the price DIFFERENCE - find the gain on one share, then scale to all 120.

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