Question

A merchant marks his goods in such a way that the profit on sale of $50$ articles is equal to the selling price of $25$ articles. What is his profit margin ?

• A. $25\%$
• B. $50\%$
• C. $100\%$
• D. $66.67\%$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$100\%$

Let the selling price per article be $=$ Rs. $1$
Therefore, selling price of $50$ articles $=$ Rs. $50$
Profit on sale of $50$ articles $=$ selling price of $25$ articles $=$ Rs. $25$.
S.P $=$Rs. $50$, Profit $=$ Rs. $25$

Therefore, CP $=$ Rs.$(50-25)=$ Rs. $25$
Profit $\%=\frac{25}{25}\times 100\%=100\%$