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A fruit-seller buys oranges at 4 for Rs. 3 and sells them at 3 for Rs. 4 Find his profit percent. - Mathematics

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A fruit-seller buys oranges at 4 for Rs. 3 and sells them at 3 for Rs. 4 Find his profit percent.

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Cost price (C.P.) per orange:

C.P. of 1 orange = `3/4`.

= ₹0.75

Selling price (S.P.) per orange:

S.P. of 1 orange `= 4/3`

= ₹1.33

Profit per orange

Profit = S.P. − C.P. = 1.33 − 0.75 = ₹0.58

Profit % = `"Profit"/"C.P." xx100`

`= 0.58/0.75 xx 100`

= 77.33%

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

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सेलिना Concise Mathematics [English] Class 8 ICSE
पाठ 8 Profit, Loss and Discount
Exercise 8 (A) | Q 2 | पृष्ठ ९०

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