Question

Heena bought two pairs of jeans for rupees 1250 he sold one of them at a gain of 8% and other at a loss of 5% find the gain or loss percent in the whole transaction

Answer 1

1250=2(cp)
let cp be x
then 2x=1250
×=625
gain=625×8/100
=20
loss=625×5/100
=6.25
he gained,gain%=20-6.25/625×100
=1375/625
=2.1%