Question

by selling a 3 oranges a vendor losses the selling price of 2 oranges find his loss percent​

Answer 1

Answer:

loss percentage is 40 percent

Answer 2

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$\red{ \textsf{Loss percentage = \orange{40 \% }}}$

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$\red{ \textsf{Let x be the price of an orange . }}$

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$\red { \textsf{Cost Price = 3x+2x = 5x}}$

$\red{ \textsf{Selling Price=3x}}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{Cost Price - Selling Price }{Cost Price} \times 100 }}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{2 \cancel{x}}{5 \cancel{x}} \times 100}}$

$\red{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = \frac{200}{5} }}$

$\red{ \colorbox{yellow}{\boxed{\mathsf{Loss \: Percentage = 40\%}}}}$