Question

By selling 36 oranges, a vendor suffers a loss equal to the selling price of 4 oranges. Find his loss%.
Hint.(CP of 36 oranges)-(SP of 36 oranges)= SP of 4 oranges
=CP 36 oranges=SP of 40 oranges.
Let the CP of each orange be Rs 1

Answer 1

Answer:

10 percent

Step-by-step explanation:

cp of one orange =1

cp of 40 oranges = 40

sp=36 for all oranges

loss =4

loss percent=4/40×100

loss percent=10percent

Answer 2

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$\red{ \textsf{Loss percentage = \orange{10 \% }}}$

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$\red{ \textsf{Let x be the price of an orange . }}$

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$\red { \textsf{Cost Price = 36x+4x = 40x}}$

$\red{ \textsf{Selling Price=36x}}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{Cost Price - Selling Price }{Cost Price} \times 100 }}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{4 \cancel{x}}{40 \cancel{x}} \times 100}}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{100}{10} }}$

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