Question

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Answer 1

ram bought 100 pencils for 250 rs. he was not very good at calculations and made a mistake in fixing his selling price. when he sold his pencils, he incurred total lost equal to the selling price of 25 pencils. find the loss%.

Answer 2

say selling price = x

that means he made 100x by selling 100 pencils, and incrued a loss of 25x

loss = cost - sales
25x = 250-100x

solve x

Answer 3

125x=250
x=250/125=2

Answer 4

yup ! so he sold the pencils at 2rs each !

Answer 5

loss = 25x = ?

Answer 6

50

Answer 7

50= loss%

Answer 8

@ganeshie8

Answer 9

noo,
50 = loss amount.

Answer 10

loss % = loss/ cost x 100
= 50/250 x 100
= 20 %