Question

A vegetable vendor purchased $100$ kg of onions for Rs. $200$ and sold then at Rs. $1.75$ per kg. What is the actual profit or loss? What is the profit or loss percent?

Answer 1

$CP=Rs200$

$SP=1.75\times 100kg=Rs175$

$Loss=200-175=Rs25$

$Loss\%=\frac{25}{200}\times 100=12.5\%$