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A farmer had 540 bags of maize each having a mass of 112kg.After drying the maize,the mass decreased in the ratio 15:16 a) Calculate the total mass lost after the maize was dried.
b) A trader bought and repacked the dried maize in 90 kg bags. He transported the maize in a lorry which could carry a maximum of 120 bags per trip. i) Determine the number of trips the lorry made.
ii) The buying price of a 90 kg bag of maize was sh 1500.The trader paid sh 2500 per trip to transport the maize to the market .He sold the maize and made a profit of 26%.Calculate the selling price of each bag of the maize.