Question

A vendor buys lemons at rs 25 per dozen and sells them at the rate for rs 12.Find his gain or loss per cent. ​

Answer 1

Correct Question:-

A vender buys lemons at rs 25 per dozens and sells them at the rate of 5 for rs 12. Find his gain loss per cent.

AnswEr:-

Cost Price of 12 lemons = 25 Rs.

Now,Cost Price of 1 lemon = $\sf\dfrac{25}{12}$

So, Cost Price of 5 lemons

$:\implies\sf\; 5 = \dfrac{25}{12}$

$:\implies\sf\dfrac{125}{12}$

$:\implies\sf\; 10.416$

Hence, Cost Price of 5 lemons is 10.416.

Selling Price of 5 lemons at the rate of = 12 Rs.

Here, we can see that Selling Price of lemons is more than the Cost Price which means there is a Gain/ profit.

Since,

Profit Percentage = $\sf\dfrac{S.P - C.P}{C.P \times\;100}$

$:\implies\sf</strong> \dfrac{12 - 10.416}{10.416 \times\; 100}$

$:\implies\large\boxed{\sf{\blue{ Gain \; =\; 15.2\%}}}$

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