Question

3. A shopkeeper purchased 50 articles out of which 4% were broken during transportation. Still, on selling, he got profit equal to cost price of 6 articles. Find his percent profit.
(1) 12 (2) 12.5 (3) 6 (4) 4​

Answer 1

Answer:

12

Step-by-step explanation:

let cost price = c (each)

total cost price =50c

selling price =cost +profit

sp = 50c+6c

percentage of profit = 16c÷50c×100

percentage of profit = 12