by selling 8 dozen pencils A shopkeeper gains the selling price of 1 dozen pencils find his gain percent
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Let the SP of 1 pencil be ₹x.
SP of 8 dozen pencils = ₹x * 96
= ₹96x
Profit = SP of 1 dozen pencils
= ₹12x
CP = SP - profit
= ₹96x - ₹12x
= ₹84x
Profit % = profit/CP × 100
= (₹12x /₹84x ) × 100
= 100/7
= 14.285
Ans. = The person had a profit of 14.285%.
Hope it helps!!!
SP of 8 dozen pencils = ₹x * 96
= ₹96x
Profit = SP of 1 dozen pencils
= ₹12x
CP = SP - profit
= ₹96x - ₹12x
= ₹84x
Profit % = profit/CP × 100
= (₹12x /₹84x ) × 100
= 100/7
= 14.285
Ans. = The person had a profit of 14.285%.
Hope it helps!!!
ritikdagar1:
no how does you know that it is 98
98?
I can't find it anywhere written
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