Question

profit and loss problems topics for dishonest selling how to solve

Answer 1

Let a dishonest shopkeeper sells sugar at Rs 18/kg which he has bought at Rs 15/kg and he is giving 800gm instead of 1000gm. Find his actual profit percentage.
Solution: Here the cost price of the sugar = Rs 15/kg
The selling price = Rs 18/kg.
The profit made by the shopkeeper is of Rs 3 and the profit percentage = 3/15 x 100 = 20%
This will be his total profit if he has actually sold 1 kg sugar. But that is not the case here as he is using the false weight.
Now the profit due to wrong weight =

= (200/800)x100 = 25%
The overall profit percentage = {P + Q + (PQ/100)} = [20+25+{(20 x 25)/100}] = 50%

Answer 2

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