Question

Use the following notations to answer the question below
A " B means 'add B to A' A' B means 'subtract B from A'
A @ B means 'divide A by B' A B means 'multiply A by B'
The profit percentage of a commodity is worked out by multiplying the quotient of the difference between the amount of the sale price and the total expenses and divided by the amount of total expenses by 100. If the sale price of an article is (5),the total expenses is equal to the sum of the cost price (C), transportation cost [D, labour charges (L), which of the following expression would indicate the profit percentage?

• A. [(S" (C' L' 11 }* (C"L'T) @ 100]
• B. [{S'(C" L" 11 ) @ (C"L'T) * 100)
• C. [{S' (C" L"T} @ (C"L'1) @ 100]
• D. [{S-(C+ L + T) } $÷$ (C+L+T) ] $\times$ 100

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

[{S'(C" L" 11 ) @ (C"L'T) * 100)

The expression willl be
(Selling Price-Cost Price-Transportation Cost-Labour charges)\(Cost Price+Transportation Cost+Labour charges) mutiplied by 100