A cloth merchanr sells a piece of cloth at a loss of 10%, but he gains 15% by using false weights. find how many meters of cloth did he sell?

• Suppose he bought 100 mtr ( assume Kg if he is selling by wt using false weights) cloth for Rs 100 .
  I am solving it using length as answer is asked in mtrs.
  and sold some cloth for Rs 90 and made profit of 15%.
  So CP of sold cloth = 90/1.15 = Rs 78.26
  
  It means he sold 78.26 mtrs in place of 100mtrs .
  or
  he is weighing 78.26 kg for 100 kg.
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• In dis type f qus. simply aply d farmula;
  (100/g)/(100+x)=(true measure)/(faulty measure)
  where,g=overall% gain or loss wid usual sign +ve r -ve respectively
  x=gain/loss of selling price
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• agree with aman
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