Question

8. By selling 288 pens, a shopkeeper lost the selling price of 12 pens. Find his loss per cent.​

Answer 1

Answer:

4%

Step-by-step explanation:

Here Selling price be 288

loss is 12

So Cost price will be 288+12 = 300

loss % = (12/300)/100 = 4%

Answer 2

Answer:

25/6 or 4.17 %

Step-by-step explanation:

Loss percentage = Loss/Total × 100

= 12/288 × 100

= 1/24 × 100

= 25/6 %

= 4.17 %