Question

A shopkeeper sold one-third of his goods at a loss of 15%.To get a profit of 10% on the whole transaction,he should sell the remaining articles at a profit of

Answer 1

Total cost price =300
1/3 Rd mean=100
2/3 Rd mean=200
whole transaction profit=110/100*300=330
100*(85/100)+200*(x/100)=330
x=122.5
2/3 rd article sold at22.5%

Answer 2

Answer:

The profit percentage is 4.4%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A shopkeeper sold one-third of his goods at a loss of 15%.To get a profit of 10% on the whole transaction.

To find : He should sell the remaining articles at a profit ?

Solution :

Let us assume the number of goods be 100.

The cost price of each good is Rs.1

So, 25 goods selling price is

There is a loss of 15%.

The selling price is

$SP=0.85\times 25$

$SP=21.25$

Whole good selling price = 110

Remaining good selling price is

$SP=\frac{110-21.25}{85}$

$SP=\frac{88.75}{85}$

$SP=1.044$

The profit percentage is

$P\%=\frac{SP-CP}{CP}\times 100$

$P\%=\frac{1.044-1}{1}\times 100$

$P\%=\frac{0.044}{1}\times 100$

$P\%=4.4\%$

The profit percentage is 4.4%.