Question

A shopkeeper buys 10 pencils for 25 rupees and sells them at a rate of 8 pencils for 26.4 40 find his profit percent

Answer 1

Answer:

profit %= 40.25%

Step-by-step explanation:

• one pencil cost price=25/10

=5/2rs.

• one pencil selling price=26.440/8
• = 661/200rs.
• formulae of profit %=. (S.P.-C.P.)/C.P. ×100
• now sp-cp= (661-500)/200 =161/200
• profit%= 161/(200×5/2) ×100
• = ( 161×2 )/(. 200×4). ×100
• =161/4%
• =40.25%

Answer 2

The answer is 32 percent