Question

a women bought 50 dozen eggs at 16 rs a dozen out of these 20 eggs were found to be broken . she sold the remainings eggs at rs 1.50 per eggs . find her gains or loss per cent

Answer 1

bought at = 50×16 = 800

remaining eggs = 50×12 -20 = 580

sold at = 1.50×580 = 870

gain% = 870- 800)/800 ×100 = 70×100/800 = 70/8 = 8.7%