Question

By selling 8 pens rohit loses equal to the cost price of 2 pens find his lost percent

Answer 1

$\textbf {Hey there, here is the solution.}$

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Let the cost price of 1 pen be x.

Find the cost Price of 8 pens:

8 pens = 8x

Find the selling price of 8 pens:

8 pens = 8x - 2x = 6x

Find the loss:

8x - 6x = 2x

Find the percentage loss:

Percentage loss = 2x/8x x 100 = 25%

Answer: He made a loss of 25% selling the pens

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Answer 2

Hey there, here is the solution.

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Let the cost price of 1 pen be x.

Find the cost Price of 8 pens:

8 pens = 8x

Find the selling price of 8 pens:

8 pens = 8x - 2x = 6x

Find the loss:

8x - 6x = 2x

Find the percentage loss:

Percentage loss = 2x/8x x 100 = 25%

Answer: He made a loss of 25% selling the pens