Question

Article are bought at Rs 45 per dozen and sold at Rs 85 per score . find the gain or loss per cent

Answer 1

C.p of 1 dozen article=45rs
cp of 1 aritcle will be 3.75rs
Sp of 1 score article =85rs
sp of 1 article will be 4.25 rs
sp is greater than cp so it is profit
therefore profit % =.50×100/3.75
=13.3333% profit