Question

the loss suffered by a flower girl when she sells 25 flowers is equal to the selling price of 5 flowers find her loss percent .​

Answer 1

let the cost of 1 flower be x

cost of 25 flowers = 25x

loss on selling 25 flowers = 5x

SP = CP+Loss=30x

L%

$= \frac{loss}{cp} \times 100 \\ = \frac{5x}{30x} \times 100 \\ = 16\frac{4}{6} \%$

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