Question

By selling 50 items, a shopkeeper lost the amount equal to the selling price of 10 items. His loss percent is
A) 30/7%
B) 40/3%
C) 25/3%
D) 50/3%​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans ( D)

Step-by-step explanation:

let take an example By selling 50 pens, a shopkeeper lost the amount equal to the selling price of 10 pens. His loss per cent

Answer 2

Answer:

D) 50/3%

Step-by-step explanation:

Let selling price of 1 pen is x

Selling price of 50 pen is Rs. 50x

Loss = Selling price of 10 pens = 10x

Loss = C.P – S.P

=> 10x = C.P – 50x

=> C.P = 50x+10x

=> C.P = 60x

Loss% = Loss/C.P x 100%

=> (10x/60x) x 100%

=> 50/3%