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A shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 940 gm instead of kilogram weight.......................

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A shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 940 gm instead of kilogram weight. What is his profit percentage?

posted Sep 10, 2018 by Puneet Batra

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If Cost Price is 100/kg then Cost price of 940 gm is 100*0.94 = 94
The selling price of 940 gm = 100
Profit percentage = ((100 - 94)/94) *100 = 6.383% = 6 + (18/47)%.

answer Sep 10, 2018 by Tejas Naik



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