Question

please answer this question quickly -: By selling 33m of carpet,a man loses an amount equal to the selling price of 6m of carpet.Find his gain or loss percent.

Answer 1

Given that Let the price of one carpet be x. Then, Loss = Selling price of 6 carpets = ₹6 Cost Price = Selling Price + Loss = ₹(33+6) = ₹39 Loss % = Loss/Cost Price × 100 = 6/39 ×100 = 200/13 % = 15 unit 5/3 %.   OR