Question

a man bought 200 pencils for rupees 6 each and 20 of them were stolen . If she sells remaining pencils for rupees 6.50 each. Find her profit or loss percent
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Answer 1

Answer

each pencil was 6RS

200 out of 20 of them stolen

he remain 200-20=180

he sold each pencil for6.5

so the 6.5×180=1170

c.p.=200×6=1200

loss =1170-1200=30

loss =loss/c.p×100=30/1200×100=30/12=5/2