Question

Fruit seller bought banana at the rate of 3 for ruppes 8 and sold them at the rate of 2 for 7 .find his gain or loss percent

Answer 1

assuming he bought a dozen bananas

he paid 32 rupees for the buying the bananas(Cost price)

he sold the bananas at 49 rupees (Selling Price)

49-32=17

so he made a profit of 17/-

and his gain percentage is 17/32=53%