Question

The selling price of an item is 19 times the loss. What is the percentage of loss?
(1) 10 (2) 20 (3) 5 (4) 7.5​

Answer 1

Answer:

5%

Step-by-step explanation:

loss =x

then sp = 19x

cp= sp + loss

cp =20x

then loss % = loss ×100/ cp

= x× 100/20x

= 5%

Answer 2

Answer:

5%

Step-by-step explanation:

Loss=x

s.p = 19x

c.p = s.p+loss

c.p= 20x

loss% = loss* 100/c.p

= x*100/20x

=5