Question

By selling 36 bananas, a vendor loses the selling price of 4 bananas. Find his lost percent.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the selling price of 1 banana be x

Express the selling price and loss in term of x:

Selling price of 36 bananas = 36x

Loss  = 4x

Express the cost price in term of selling price and loss:

loss = cost price - selling price

∴ cost price = selling price + loss

Express the cost price in x:

cost price = selling price + loss

cost price = 36x + 4x = 40x

Find the loss percentage:

Loss percentage = loss/cost price x 100

Loss percentage = 4x/40x  x 100 = 1/10 x 100 = 10%

Answer: He loses 10% from the sales.