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Q.1 by selling 144 hens , Mala lost her SP of 6 hens. find her loss percent ..

Q.2 John bought two horses at rupees 20000 each .He sold one horse at 15% gain but he had to sell the second horse at a loss if he had suffered a loss of rupees 1800 on the whole transaction find the selling price of the second horse . ​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let hen selled of Rs.x each 

⇒ selling price =144x

Loss =6x

⇒ cost price =144x+6x=150x

% loss =CPloss×100=150x6x×100

=4%