Question

A vendor sell 36 oranges and suffers a loss equal to the selling price of 8 oranges. Find his loss percent.

Answer 1

Let the SP of one orange be Rs 1. Then,
Loss = SP of 8 oranges = Rs 8
CP = SP +Loss
= Rs 36+8=Rs .44
Loss % = Loss/CP * 100
= 8/44* 100
= 18.18%


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Answer 2

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$\red{ \textsf{Loss percentage = \orange{18.18 \% }}}$

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

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$\red { \textsf{Cost Price = 36x+8x = 44x}}$

$\red{ \textsf{Selling Price=36x}}$

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

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{8 \cancel{x}}{44 \cancel{x}} \times 100}}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{800}{44} }}$

$\red{ \colorbox{yellow}{\boxed{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = 18.18\%}}}}$