Question

A shopkeeper loses 20% on selling 12 toffees for a rupee. How
a rupee. How many toffees
for a rupee should he sell to get a gain of 20%?​

Answer 1

• while doing he loss 20 %this 20%is nothing but 20%of the cp

Step-by-step explanation:

• SO
• let his cp be x
• now
• x_(x×0.2 ) =12(from the given data ) x*0.8=12
• x=15
• next statement in the question asks how many toffees the man should sell for a ruppe to gain 20%profit (Assumption here is the toffees being referred to in both statements of the question are the same and hence will have the same CP
• 20%profit means 1.2*15 which equal 18 Rs
• Mathematics
• x*1=18
• hence x=18
• SO man need to sell 18 toffees to get 20%of profit