a cloth merchant on selling 33 meters of cloth obtains a profit equal to selling price of 11 meters of cloth.the profit percent is how much?

• Profit of 33 meters cloth :33(sp-cp)=11(sp):selling price of 11 meters cloth
  =>3(sp-cp)=sp
  =>sp=1.5*cp
  profit %=((sp-cp)/cp)*100
  profit =.5*100=50%
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• Let cost Price be x per meter.
  Profit= 11x
  S.p=C.p+profit
  33x=c.p+11x
  cp=22x;
  Profit=11x/22x*100=50
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