Question

By selling 8 dozen pencils, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of one dozen pencils. Find his gain percent.

Answer 1

1 dozen=12
8 dozen=8 x 12 =96
selling 96 pencils( cp is not given)
profit 12 pencils
gain percentage= gain /cp. x 100
12/96 x 100
12.5 percentage of gain
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Answer 2

Answer:

14.28%

Step-by-step explanation:

Let’s take 1 dozen as x

8 dozen = 8x

gain percent = $\frac{x*100}{7x}$

                     = $\frac{100}{7}$

                     = $14\frac{1}{7}$

therefore the gain % is 14.28%or $14\frac{1}{7}$

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