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Amina buys a book for 275 and sells it at a loss of 15%. How much does she sell it for?


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Solution

Given:

The cost price of the book = 275

Percentage of loss = 15%

We know that:

S.P=100-loss%100×C.P

=((10015)/100)×275)=(85/100)×275=23375/100=233.75

Hence, Amina sells the book for 233.75.


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