Question

The cost price of $12$ mangoes is equal to the selling price of $15$ mangoes. Find the loss percent?

Answer 1

The cost price of 12 mangoes is

equal to the selling price of 15

mangoes. Find the loss percent?

Let say cost price of 12 Mangoes

are x.RS. and selling price of

15 mangoes is x. RS (which $x>0>$)

Let say we have total 60 Mangoes.

So, the cost price will be $=\frac{60\times x}{12}$

C.P = 5x. Rs

& the selling Price will be $=\frac{60\times x}{15}$

S.P = 4x.Rs

Now, $S.P-C.P=4x-5x$

$=-x<0$

So, $S.P.<C.P$

We loss by x Rs

So, Loss Percent $=\frac{lossvalue}{costprice}\times 100\%$

$=\frac{x}{5x}\times 100\%$

Loss Present = 20%