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By selling 8 pens, Shyam loses equal to the cost price of 2 pens. Find his loss percent​

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25%

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Given: By selling 8 pens Shyam loses equal to the cost price of 2 pens.

To find: The loss percent

Let, the cost price of each pen=x$

The selling price of each pen=y$

Now to find the Loss =8x-8y

2x=8x-8y

2/8=(x-y)/x

2/8*100=(x-y)/x*100

By solving the above equation, we get

25%=loss percent.

Therefore answer:  The loss percentage Shyam has by selling 8 pens equal to the cost price of 2 pens is 25 percent.