Practicing Success
A fruit merchant bought some bananas. One Fifth of them got rotten and were thrown away. He sold two fifth of the bananas with him at 15% profit and the remaining bananas at 10% profit. Find his overall loss or profit percent? |
Profit, 9.6% Loss, 10.4% Loss, 9.6% Profit, 10.4% |
Loss, 10.4% |
Let bananas cost to Rs.100 If one fifth bananas are rotten then, Remaining bananas = 80% 80% bananas cost Rs. 80. Total profit percentage on them = \(\frac{2}{5}\) × 15 + \(\frac{3}{5}\) × 10 = 12% SP of bananas = 80 × \(\frac{112}{100}\) = 89.6 Loss = 100 - 89.6 = 10.4 Loss% = \(\frac{10.4}{100}\) × 100 = 10.4% |