Question

The cost price of 21 articles is equal to selling of 18 articles, then the gain or loss percent is ​

Answer 1

In the above Question , the following information is given -

The cost price of 21 articles is equal to selling of 18 articles.

To find -

Find the required gain or loss persentage .

Solution -

Here , the statement given is -

The cost price of 21 articles is equal to selling of 18 articles.

' selling of 18 articles ' means that he lost the amount equal to the cost of selling 3 articles ( as there are 21 articles in total )

Thus , he encountered a loss

So ,

Loss = 3 Articles SP

CP = 21 articles SP

So , loss percentage -

=> [ 3 K / 21 k ] × 100%

=> { 100 / 7 } %

=> 14 { 2 / 7 }%

This is the required answer .

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