Question

A vendor loses the selling price of 5 oranges on selling 35 oranges. What is his loss percentage?

Answer 1

Answer:

Let SP of one orange =Re.1

SP of 36 oranges =Rs.36

Loss on 36 oranges =Rs.4

CP of 36 oranges =SP+Loss=36+4=40

Thus, Loss % =

40

4

×100=10%

Answer 2

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$\red{ \textsf{Loss percentage = \orange{12.5 \% }}}$

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$\red{ \textsf{Let x be the price of an orange . }}$

$\green{ \mathbb{ACCORDING \: TO \: QUESTION :}}$

$\red { \textsf{Cost Price = 35x+5x = 40x}}$

$\red{ \textsf{Selling Price=35x}}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{Cost Price - Selling Price }{Cost Price} \times 100 }}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{5 \cancel{x}}{40 \cancel{x}} \times 100}}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{500}{40} }}$

$\red{ \colorbox{yellow}{\boxed{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = 12.5\%}}}}$