Question

a mam sold two articles for ₹17280 each.if he sold one of these at a profit of 8% and the other at a loss of 4% find his overall profit or loss %​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

first case

sale price = 17280

profit = 8%

cost price = sale price / (1+profit/100)

= 17280/(1+8/100)

= 17280*100/108

=16000.

second case

sale price = 17280

loss= 4%

cost price = sale price/(1-loss/100)

= 17280/(1-4/100)

=17280*100/96

= 17280*25/24

= 18000

Now,

total cost price = 16000+18000= 34000

total sale price = 17280+17280= 34560

so there is profit

profit= 34560-34000

= 560

%profit = profit*100/cost price

= 560*100/34000

=56/34

=28/17

$1 \frac{11}{17}$

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