Question

Cost Price of 20 articles is equal to the
selling price & of 16 articles, what is the
percentage
profit that the merchants
makes?​

Answer 1

Answer:

25%

Step-by-step explanation:

let each articles prices is 1 RS

cp=20

sp=16

gain=sp-cp

20-16=4

gain % = 4*100/16 =25%

Answer 2

Given :

• Cost Price of 20 articles is equal to the
• selling price & of 16 articles.

To find :

• The percentage profit that the merchants makes = ?

Step-by-step explanation :

Let the cost price of 1 article = 1 rupees.

So, the cost price of 20 articles = 20 rupees.

And it is given that Selling Price of 16 article = 25 rupees.

Therefore, Selling price of 16 articles,

(20/16) × 20

(20 × 20)/ 16

400/16

25.

Therefore, Selling Price of 16 articles, 25 rupees.

Now,

We have to find the profit percent,

As We know that,

Profit = Selling Price - Cost price.

Substituting the values in the above formula, we get,

= 25 - 20

= 5.

Therefore We got profit = 5 cm.

Now,

Profit percentage = (profit /cost price) × 100

Substituting the values in the above formula , we get,

= (5 × 20) × 100

= 50/2

= 25.

Therefore, the profit percentage = 25 %.