Question

A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at cost price, but he uses a false weight of 940 one kilogram. Find his gain per cent.​

Answer 1

Answer:

He sells 950 gm pulses and gets a gain of 50 gm (=1000 gm−950 gm)

If he sells 100 gm of pulses, he will gain =[

( True value )−( Error )

Error

×100]%

=(

1000−50

50

×100)%

=

950

5000

%

=

19

100

%

=5

19

5

%

∴ His gain percent is 5

19

5

%

a+b+c=29