Question
A dishonest shopkeeper has 2 false balances. One balance weighs 10 %more while buying goods and other weighs 10% less while selling the goods. Find his gain percent just by weighing.
Plzz help
How do I start and how to solve it
Plzz help
How do I start and how to solve it
Answers
try using some easy numbers first.
if buying 10 lbs, his scale says he is only getting 11 lbs.
His selling scale says he is selling 9 lbs.
See what you can do with that.
Looks to me like he's losing money. Unless somehow the buying/selling is from the customer's perspective, not the shopkeeper's.
if buying 10 lbs, his scale says he is only getting 11 lbs.
His selling scale says he is selling 9 lbs.
See what you can do with that.
Looks to me like he's losing money. Unless somehow the buying/selling is from the customer's perspective, not the shopkeeper's.
21%
please give me the detailed solution
detailed solution
20% profit
1 kg 100 more 110 1 kg 10 less 90 total 200/90=22.22%
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