ExamCompetition Your Success, Our Mission
Login Register
Question discussion

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price, but uses only 960 grams in place of a kilogram weight. Find his profit pe…

333945Medium 1 reply 2,748 views
20
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price, but uses only 960 grams in place of a kilogram weight. Find his profit percent?
  • A10 %
  • B20 %
  • C30 %
  • D40 %
Correct answer: D
Join the discussion Report an error

Discussion 1

0
CCommunity
40 %

Profit % =(Original Weight − False Weight)/False Weight × 100
⇒ P % = (1000-960)/960× 100
⇒40/960 × 100 = 4 1/6 %