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A vender sells two articles at same price with one article at 25% profit and other at 20% loss, what is the profit/loss percent in the overall transaction.
option
a) 5% profit
b) 4.6% loss
c) 4.6% profit
d) 5% loss

Asked In TCS satyasaran (10 years ago)

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chetan gupta  (10 years ago)

let price of each articles 100 total price 200,then 125+80=205 . 2.5% profit in overall transaction

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Priyank Kumar  (10 years ago)

Let the cost price of first article be 100. therefore the SP of first article=125.
Now the SP of second article=125(as both the articles are sold at same price). Now let the CP of second article be x and loss =20%. Therefore SP=x-(20x/100)=4x/5. But SP=125. Therefore 4x/5=125.x=156.25.Total CP=100+X=256.25. Now total SP=250. Profit=6.25. Profit %=2.439. which is not in option

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Smuti ranjan mahapatra  (10 years ago)

2.5% loss option not given.

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akhila chikkala  (10 years ago)

dummy question. there is loss of 5 rupees....and the loss percent is not in d given options

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utkarsh bisht  (10 years ago)

loss of rs 5..

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Priyank Kumar  (10 years ago)

@Chandra Bhatt.. The first solution is wrong because the question says both the articles are sold at same price. But in the first solution selling price of first article is 125 and the second is 80. so the first solution is definatly wrong.

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Nitish Kishore  (10 years ago)

Assume the cost price of each of the two articles be Rs. 100
profit of 25%, SP = Rs 125.
loss of 20%, SP = Rs 80.
Total SP (125+80)=205
Profit %= [(SP-CP)/CP]*100=2.5%
This is a dummy question

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Shishir Singh  (10 years ago)

Let the cost price of each of the two articles be Rs. 100
At 25% profit, selling price will be Rs 125.
At 20% loss, selling price will br Rs 80.
Total SP (125+80)=205
Total CP (2 items @ 100 each)=200
Profit %= [(SP-CP)/CP]*100=2.5%

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Bhavesh Srivastava  (10 years ago)

2.5 % loss

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Rajat Gupta  (10 years ago)

2.5% loss option not given

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Guru Pranav  (10 years ago)

There will be a profit of 2.5 % Ans.

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rana guin  (10 years ago)

let sell price of each article is x,so total sell price 2x.
cp of one article is 100x/125=4x/5 and cp of another article is 100x/80=5x/4
so total cp=(4x/5)+(5x/4)=41x/20.
loss = x/20;
so loss percentage is 2.43%

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prem kumar shaw  (10 years ago)

sp=100+100=200
cp=75+120=195
profit=5rs
% profit=2.5%

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Chandra Bhatt  (10 years ago)

Why is the first solution wrong ? can anyone explain ?

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Sourabh Sharma  (10 years ago)

2.5% profit.

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DEBJIT DUBEY  (5 years ago)

let price of each articles 100 total price 200,then 75+120=195 . 5% loss in overall transaction

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Mohammed Abdul Aftab Muddassir  (3 years ago)

let CP=100
25% profit of 1st article = 25 RS(100+15) --> SP=125
20% loss of 2nd article= 20 Rs loss(100-20) -->SP=80
overall=25(gain)-20(loss) = 5 Rs gain Therefore 5 % profit

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