Question

a fruit vendor buys oranges at 6 for for rupee 10 and an equal number at 10 for 20 rupee .He mixes them and sells at 21.60 rupee per dozen .find his gain or loss percent

Answer 1

Answer:

Since we have given that

A fruit vendor has to purchase equal number of oranges .

And we have selling price of per dozen = Rs. 21.60

So, it means ,

He purchased 6 oranges each from two cases.

From First case:

Cost of 6 orange = Rs. 10

From Second case:

Cost of 10 oranges = Rs. 20

Cost of 6 oranges is given by

So, Total cost of 1 dozen becomes

Now, We can see that

Cost price > Selling price

So, there is a loss.

We need to find the loss percentage.

and Loss % is given by

Hence, there is a loss percentage of 1.81%.