Math, asked by prashant8224, 1 year ago

a shopkeeper buys a shirt for Rs 480.A girl buys it from him at a discount of 12.5% market price is 600.find profit percent

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Answered by MelissaTan

Cost of shirt: Rs 480

Market price: Rs 600

Discount given: 12.5% × Rs 600 = Rs 75

Discounted price: Rs 600 - Rs 75 = Rs 525

Profit percentage:

(Rs 525 - Rs 480)/Rs 480 × 100%

= Rs 45/Rs 480 × 100%

= 9.375%

MelissaTan: :)

TooFree: A small error there ... Rs 45/Rs 480 × 100% = 9.375% , not 0.09375%

MelissaTan: My answer is correct. When you calculate percentage, you always have to put 100% as 100/100.

TooFree: You multiply by 100% to get percentage. If you multiply by 100/100, you are multiplying by 1 only.

MelissaTan: Exactly, 100% = 100/100. Example, 50% = 50/100.

TooFree: 1/2 = 50% , because 1/2 x 100% = 50%

prashant8224: yaa

TooFree: 50% = 50/100 => you are changing from percentage to fraction.

MelissaTan: My mistake. Sorry!

MelissaTan: Thanks for the pointing out my error!

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