by selling 9 articles for a rupee, a man incurred a loss fo 4% to make a gain of 44% the number of articles to be sold for a rupee is

• s.p of 1 article = (1/9)
  loss = 4%
  c.p=(100 x s.p)/(100-loss)=100/(9 x 96)
  c.p=100/(9x96)
  s.p=144xcp/100=1/6
  hence in 1 rupee 6 articles
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(11) No(0)
• 44% gain and 4%loss
  so,144/96=3/2
  for 9 articles,2/3*9=6
  hence in 1 rupee it wud be 6
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)