The price of a gemstone is proportional to the square of its weight. A piece of such a stone, valued at 1 million dollars is somehow broken in five different pieces , all equal in size . What would be the loss/profit incurred in this accident ?

• suppose weight is 5x
  then wt of 1 stone =x
  as price =k*wt^2
  so cp=25 x^2
  sp=5*(x^2)
  so loss=20 x^2
  % loss=(20/25)*100=80%
  ans-80% loss
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