Question

. By selling 8 dozen of pencils, a shopkeeper
gains the selling price of 1 dozen pencils.
His gain per cent is​

Answer 1

Answer:

Gain percent = 14.285% (approx)

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :

By selling 8 dozen of pencils shopkeepers gain of Selling 1 dozen pencils .

To find :

The gain percent

Concept :

So , the original cost that shopkeeper gives = 8-1 = 7

So , the equation will be like this to find the gain percent -:

$\boxed{\sf{G\%=\dfrac{1}{7}\times100\%}}$

Where,

G% = Gain percent

Solution :

$:\implies\sf{G\%=\dfrac{1}{7}\times100\%}$

$:\implies\sf{G\%=\dfrac{100}{7}\%}$

$:\implies\sf{G\%=14.285\%(approx)}$

So , the gain percent is 14.285% (approx) .

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

SP of 1 dozen pencils =X

Amount of pencils sold = 8 dozens

Price of 8 dozens = 8X

Profit = SP of 1 dozen pencils

Original Price= 8-1 = 7 or 7X

thus gain% = Profit/Original Price × 100

= X/7X × 100

= 100/7

= 14.28%