Question

by selling 12 books ,a shopkeeper makes a profit equal to the selling price of 2 books .find the percentage of the shopkeeper​

Answer 1

Answer:

ANSWER: 50

EXPLINATION:

let sp of 1 book=1..then profit =4..so cp of 12 books =8 (bcoz their sp=12)..so profit%=

(4/8)*100=50%

Answer 2

ANSWER:  

The percentage of the shopkeeper is 50

Solution:

According to the Question:

Given Data:

By Selling 12 books

To Find:

Find the shopkeeper’s percentage:

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

Let the selling price of   one   book is 1

Then the profit of one   book is 4

Step 2:  

So the cost price of 12 books=8 (Because S.p is 12)

Step 3:

The profit percentage $=(4 / 8) \times 100$

   $=(1 / 2) \times 100$

=50 \%

Therefore profit percentage is $50 \%$

Step 4:

Result

The Final Value is $50 \%$