Question

A shopkeeper professes to sell the goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 900 grams for a Kilogram. Then his gain percent is

• A. $\frac{100}{9}$ %
• B. $\frac{100}{8}$ %
• C. $\frac{100}{7}$ %
• D. $\frac{100}{6}$ %

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

$\frac{100}{9}$ %

Shopkeeper uses weight of 900 grams for a kilogram or 1000 grams.

$\Rightarrow$ $\text{Profit}=1000-900=100$

$\text{Profit}\%=\frac{100}{900}\times 100=\frac{100}{9}\%$