A shopkeeper bought some pencils at rupees 120 per dozen one day a poor boy came to the shopkeeper to buy two pencil but had only rupees 16 the shopkeeper gave him two pencil for rupees 16 find the selling price of pencil find the loss and loss percent of shopkeeper
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C.P OF 12 PENCILS = 120 Rs
therefore for 1 pencil C.P = 120/12
=10 Rs
therefore C.P of 2 pencils = 2×10
= 20 Rs
S.P of Two pencils = 16 Rs
Loss = SP - CP
= 20-16
=4 Rs
loss % = Loss/CP ×100
=4/20×100
. =4 ×5
=20% loss
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price of 1 pancile is 120/12 = 12
shopkeeper give him pancil par rupees 16/2 =8 .hence shopkeeper loss rs 4 per pancil hence shopkeeper loss 4×2= 8 and loss parsentage =8/24 × 100=33.33 %
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