A vendor loses the selling price of $4$ oranges on selling $36$ oranges. His loss per cent is

10 %

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11 \frac{1}{9} %

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12 \frac{1}{2} %

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is A $10 %$
Let SP of one orange $= R e . 1$
SP of 36 oranges $= R s . 36$
Loss on 36 oranges $= R s . 4$
CP of 36 oranges $= S P + L o s s = 36 + 4 = 40$
Thus, Loss % $= \frac{4}{40} \times 100 = 10 %$

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