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By selling a certain number of goods for Rs. 5,500; a shopkeeper loses equal to one-tenth of their selling price. Find: the loss incurred the cost price of the goods the loss as a percent.

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प्रश्न

By selling a certain number of goods for Rs. 5,500; a shopkeeper loses equal to one-tenth of their selling price. Find:

  1. the loss incurred
  2. the cost price of the goods
  3. the loss as a percent.
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उत्तर

S.P. = Rs. 5,500

Loss = `1/10` of (S.P.) 

= `1/10xx5500`

= Rs. 550

(i) Loss incurred = Rs. 550

(ii) C.P. = Rs. 5,500 + Rs. 550

= Rs. 6,050

(iii) Loss % = `(550xx100)/6050`

= `(10xx100)/110`

= `100/11`

= `9 1/11%`

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अध्याय 8: Profit, Loss and Discount - Exercise 8 (A) [पृष्ठ ९०]

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सेलिना Concise Mathematics [English] Class 8 ICSE
अध्याय 8 Profit, Loss and Discount
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