Question

a man sold a table for rupees 2250 and gained one -ninth of its cost price find cost price of the table and loss percent

Answer 1

Let the Cost Price be Rs a

Gain = a / 9

Selling price = Cost Price + Gain

=> 2250 = a + a /9

=> 2250 = 10a / 9

=> 225 × 9 = a

=> a = 2025

Cost Price = Rs 2025

Gain = 2025 / 9

= Rs 225

Gain percent = Gain × 100 / CP

= 225 × 100 / 2025

= 9 × 100 / 81

= 900 / 81

= 100 / 9

= 11 1/9 %

Answer 2

x/9=2250
x=2250×9
x=20250
hence the cist of table is 20250
loss percent=20250-2250/20250×100
18000/20250×100=88.88percent loss