Question

By selling a article ,a man gets a loss 25% on selling price.find the loss percentage on cost price

Answer 1

Answer : Loss Percentage = 20 %



Explanation -

Given :

Loss % = 25 % on selling price.

Let the selling price = 100



Finding Loss -

loss on Selling Price -

Selling Price = 100

Loss = 100 x 25/100 = 25.

Loss = 25.



Finding the Cost Price -

Cost Price = Selling Price + loss 

Cost Price = 100 + 25 

Cost Price = 125 



Finding loss Percentage on cost price - 

Loss Percentage = (Loss/Cp) x 100

Loss Percentage = (25/125) x 100

Loss Percentage = 20 %