If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles. What is the percentage of profit or loss that the merchant makes?
A. 20% profit
B. 25% profit
C. 33.33% Loss
D. 25% Loss
E. 30% Profit

• cp of 20 articles=sp of 16 articles
  ! !
  100 100
  let each articles prices is 1 RS
  cp=20
  sp=16
  gain=sp-cp
  20-16=4
  gain % = 4*100/16 =25%
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(5) No(1)
• let cp of 20 articles = rs x.
  then c.p of 1 article = x/20
  similarly sp of 16 articles is also rs x as mentioned.
  then sp of 1 article = x/16
  
  then loss % = [(x/16-x/20)/(x/20)]* 100=25%
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(7)
• let cp of 1 article is 100
  then cp of 20 article is 20*100=2000
  a/q 20*100=16*s
  =>s=2000/16
  =>s=125
  then sp of 20 article is 20*125=2500
  
  now
  
  profit %=(2500-2000)*100/2000=25%
  
  so B is correct option
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(2)
• GIVEN AS
  cost price of 20=selling price of 16
  it means
  cp is greater then sp (cp>sp)
  hence
  in articles in case of loss take sp on denominator on
  loss %= (cp-sp/sp)*100
  =(20-16/16)*100
  =25%
  
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(2)
• let be suppose the cp is 160 so that the cp of one item is 8 rupee and sp is 10 rupee theirfore the profit is 2 rupee and 25% of 8 rupee is 2 so that the correct answer is B.
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
• here,We know that,
  CP of 20 articles is 16 articals of SP
  therefore,
  there is 4 articles which are profitable (20-16=4)
  so, %P=4/16*100;
  =25% profit.
• 5 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
• Let the cost price of 1 article be $1.
  Therefore, cost price of 20 articles = 20 * 1 = $20
  
  The selling price of 25 articles = cost price of 20 articles = $20.
  
  Now, we know the selling price of 25 articles. Let us find the cost price of 25 articles.
  
  Cost price of 25 articles = 25 * 1 = $25.
  
  Therefore, profit made on sale of 25 articles = Selling price of 25 articles - cost price of 25 articles
  
  = 20 - 25 = -$5.
  
  As the profit is in the negative, the merchant has made a loss of $5.
  
  Therefore, % loss = loss/cp * 100
  % loss = -5/25 * 100 = 20% loss.
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(3)
• m=20
  n=16
  formula=m-n/n*100
  20-16/16*100=25% profit
• 5 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• the answer to this question is 25%
• 5 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• B)
  LET THE C.P OF THE 20 ARTICLE=100
  SO ONE ARTICLE PRICE=100/20=5
  S.P OF 16 ARTICLE IS 100
  SO S,P OF THE 1 ARTICLE=100/16=5/4
  HERE S,P>C.P SO WE HAVE PROFIT IN THIS CASE
  SP PROFIT%=S.P-C.P*100/C.P
  PROFIT%=25%
• 4 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• cp of 20 articles=sp of 16 articles
  
  let the cp of 1 article = 1 Rs
  CP od 20 articles =20 Rs
  
  20 Rs = 16 * ( SP of 1 article ) { since cp of 20 articles = sp of 16 articles }
  SP of 1 article = 20/16 = 1.25 Rs
  
  profit% = [(SP - CP)/ CP] * 100
  = [(1.25-1)/1] * 100
  = 0.25 * 100 = 25
  
  Therefore profit % = 25%
  
  Option [B] is the correct answer.
• 2 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)