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Rahul bought one almirah for $R s 5400$ and the other for $R s 4650$ . He sold the first almirah at a gain of $45 %$ and the other at a loss of $18 %$ . How much did he gain or loss in the whole deal ?

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Gain/loss% = $\frac{G a i n / l o s s}{c o s t p r i s e} \times 100$
$\Rightarrow G a i n = \frac{45}{100} \times 5400 = R s .2430$
$l o s s = \frac{18}{100} \times 4650 = R s 837.$

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