Question

seema purchased an item for Rs 9600 and sold it for loss of 5%. from that money she purchased another item and sold it for gain of 5% . what is her overall gain / loss?

Answer 1

money after selling at 5% loss= 9600-5% of9600=9600-480=Rs9120
now again he purchased a item and sold it at 5% loss=9120-5%of9120=9120-456=Rs8664
total loss =9600-8664=Rs936
loss %=936/9600 x 100= 39/4 % = 9.75% answer

Answer 2

Seema incurred a loss of Rs. 24

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that the item is purchased at Rs. 9600

Given that the item was sold at a loss of 5% the selling price is:

$S P=9600\left(\frac{95}{100}\right)$

SP = Rs. 9120

This selling price becomes the new purchase price of another item.

And it is given that this item is sold at a gain of 5%

Thus the new selling price is:

SPnew = 9120 $\times$ 1.05

Which results in:

SPnew = Rs. 9576

Thus the overall loss on the deal is given as:

Loss = 9600 - 9576 = 24