Question

A shopkeeper bought two units of an article at the same price. while selling the first he incurred a loss of 40% and on selling the second unit he earned some profit. if on selling both the units,he incurred an overall loss of 15%, what was the profit percent that he earned on the second unit??​

Answer 1

25...................

Answer 2

The profit percent that he earned on the second unit is 70%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Loss% on first = 40%

Overall loss % = 15%

Let profit% be 'x'.

using the "Mixture and Allegations":

We get that

First       Second

-40          x

         15

-------------------------

x-15   :      15+40

x-15   :        55

Since they are bought at the same price so, it should be 1:1.

Then, it becomes,

$x-15=55\\\\x=55+15\\\\x=70\%$

Hence, the profit percent that he earned on the second unit is 70%.

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