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If a person earns a profit equal to the selling price of 10 apple by selling 60 apples find out he gain %

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Answered by fj78692
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Let the cost price of each apple be Rs x and selling price be Rs y.

Given that 10x = 12y

=> y = 10x12

=> y = 5x6

Since 5x/6 < x, y < x. Hence there is a loss.

Loss percent =

=> (x−y)x×100

=> (x−5x/6)x×100

=> (1−5/6)×100

=> (1/6)×100

= 16.67%

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