Question

By selling 35 greeting cards A shopkeeper losses an amount equal to the selling price of 5 greeting cards find his loss percent

Answer 1

Selling price of 1 card x
Selling price of five cards 5x
Cp -sp=loss
Cp -35x=5x
Cp =40x
Loss%=5x/40x*100
Loss%=12.5

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Since it is given that the shopkeeper sells 35 greeting card at loss which is equal to sp of 5 greeting cards

Then,

Let sp of 1 greeting card be x

:. sp of 5 greeting cards =5x

And sp of 35 greeting cards =35x

According to question,

There is a loss

:. Cp = sp +loss

=35x + 5x

=40x

Now,

Loss%=(loss/cp × 100)%

=(5x/40x × 100)%

=25/2%or 12.5%

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