Question

By selling 35 greeting cards, a shopkeeper loses an amount equal to the selling
price of five greeting cards. Find his loss per cent.​

Answer 1

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Let, SP of one Greeting Card be Rs.x

SP fo 35 greeting Careds = Rs(35*x) = Rs.35x

Loss = Rs.x*5 = Rs.5x

CP of 35 greeting cards = Rs.(35 +5 )x= RS.40x

Loss % = Loss /CP *100

= 5x/40x*100

=25/2 = 12.5%