Question

A vegetable-seller buys lemons at 7 for
Rs.2 and sells 3 for a rupee. Find his gain
percent:​

Answer 1

Answer:

gain percentage=GAIN/CP*100====20PERCENT

Step-by-step explanation

Since, CP of 2 lemons is Rs.1.

Therefore, CP of 1 lemon is = 12 = Rs.0.5

SP of 5 lemons is Rs.3.

SP of 1 lemon is = 35 = Rs.0.6

Therefore, Gain per cent = 0.6−0.50.5×100

= 0.1×1000.5 = 20%