Question

By selling 20 articles a man loses the selling price of 5 articles. The loss percent is

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the selling price of 1 article be x

SP of 20 articles = 20x

SP of 1 article = x

loss =5x

CP = SP-LOSS

=20x-5x

=15x

loss % =loss/CP x 100

=5x/15x. x. 100

=100/3

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Loss%= (loss*100)/C.P

C.P= loss + S.P

C.P= 5x + 20x

=25x

Hence loss%= (5x/25x)*100

= 20%