Question

The cost of 16 articles is equal to the selling price of 12 articles . find the gain per cent

Answer 1

cp of the 16 article is equal to the sp of 12 article.
now cp is =12
sp =16
now gain =16 -12 =4
= gain%is (gain / cp ×100)
=4/14×100
3/50% is correct answer
i hope that it will help you

Answer 2

Let the cost price of each article be x. Cost price of
16 articles =16x. Selling Price of 12 articles =16x.
Selling Price of each article = 16x/12= 4x/3. Hence Gain on selling one article =4x/3-x= x/3.
Gain% =(x/3/x)×100= 33 1/3% . Hope it helps you. Please mark me as Brainliest.