Question

Jai sells 2 radio sets for 2288 rupees each.on one he gains 10 percent & on other he loses 10 percent. Find his gain or loss percent

Answer 1

Let cost price(CP) of first radio =x he sells it at 10% profit: so selling price(SP) =x+(x*10/100)= 1.1x givenSP= rs. 2288 2288=1.1x x=2080 let cost price(CP) of first radio =y he sells it at 20% loss: so selling price(SP) =y-(y*10/100)= 0.9y givenSP= rs. 2288 2288=0.9y y=2542.2 totalCP= x+y= rs.4622.2 totalSP= 2288×2288=rs. 4576 loss%= (4622.2-4576)/4622.2*100=0.99% hope u like it