A retailer planned to buy some computers form a wholesaler for a total of Shillings 1,800,000. Before the retailer could buy the computers the price per unit was reduced by shillings 4,000. This reduction in price enabled the retailer to buy five more computers using the same amount of money as originally planned.
(a) Determine the number of computers the retailer bought;
(b) Two of the computers purchased got damaged while in store, the rest were sold and the retailer made a 15% profit. Calculate the profit made by the retailer on each computer sold
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50 and 5,625