Question

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price, but uses a false weight and thus gains $20$%. For a kilogram he uses a weight of

• A. $700g$
• B. $750g$
• C. $800g$
• D. $850g$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$800g$

$\uparrow$ in Profit $\alpha \downarrow$ in Wt(false Wt.)

$\Rightarrow$ Dealer give goods with $20\%$ loss Wt.

$\Rightarrow 0.8kgas800g$ is the weight used by dealer.