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Leena sold 2 boxes of chocolate at rs.150 each making a profit of 25% on one and loss of 25% on the other. Find:a. cost price of each box of chocolate
b.the overall profit or loss
c.profit or loss%​

Answer 1

Answer:

The cost price of each box of chocolate Rs. 120 & Rs. 200 respectively and the overall loss percentage is 6.25%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Required formula:

C.P = [(100)/(100 + Profit)] * S.P.

Step 1:

The S.P. of each box of chocolate = Rs. 150

∴ The total S.P. of 2 boxes of chocolate = 2 * Rs. 150 = Rs. 300 ….. (i)

Step 2:

It is given that one of the box was sold at a profit of 25% and the other was sold at loss of 25%, so

The C.P. of the box sold at 25% profit is given by,

= [(100)/(100 + 25)] * 150

= (100/125) * 150

= Rs. 120

And,

The C.P. of the box sold at 25% loss is given by,

= [(100)/(100 - 25)] * 150

= (100/75) * 150

= Rs. 200

∴ Total cost price of the 2 box of chocolate = Rs (120 + 200) = Rs 320 ….. (ii)

Step 3:

From (i) & (ii), we can conclude that the cost price is greater than the selling price. Therefore, Leena will make an overall loss in the transaction.

Thus,  

The overall loss percentage is given by,

= [(C.P. – S.P.)/C.P.] * 100

= [(320 - 300)/320] * 100

= [20/320] * 100

= 6.25 %

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