NCERT Solutions for Chapter: The Fish Tale, Exercise 8: Why Don't We Start a New Fish-drying Factory?

The women of Meenkar Bank also want to start a factory to dry fish. The Panchayat has given them some land for that. Over the years they have saved $₹$$74,000$. They find out how much they will need for the factory.

Find the total cost to set up the factory(in $₹$).

Fazila writes the things they need to buy to begin. See the table for the cost of each item and the number of items they want to buy. 

When fresh fish is dried, it becomes $\frac{1}{3}$ its weight. In one month, they plan to dry $6000 \mathrm{kg}$ fish. How much dried fish will they get in one month(in $\mathrm{kg}$)$?$

When fresh fish is dried it becomes $\frac{1}{3}$ its weight.

We dry $6 \mathrm{kg}$ fresh fish to get _____ $\mathrm{kg}$ dried fish.

Floramma-Let us first calculate for $6\mathrm{kg}$ of fresh fish.

When fresh fish is dried it becomes $\frac{1}{3}$ its weight

For $6 \mathrm{kg}$ fresh fish we have to pay $6\times$ _____$=₹90$

Floramma- Let us first calculate for $6 \mathrm{kg}$ of fresh fish.

When fresh fish is dried it becomes $\frac{1}{3}$ its weight

But if We dry $6000 \mathrm{kg}$ We can earn $₹$_____ $\times 1000$ in one month!

Jhansi -- $\mathrm{I}$ found that for $6000 \mathrm{kg}$ fish we would need $1500 \mathrm{kg}$ salt every month $!$ Its price $₹ 2$ per $\mathrm{kg}$.

Monthly costs:

a) Salt $1500\times 2=₹$_____

b) Packing and bus charges $=₹ 3000$

So the total monthly cost of drying and selling the fish $=₹$_____

If we dry $6000 \mathrm{kg}$ fish, we can earn $₹ 50,000$ per month.

How much our bank will earn every month $?$