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A fruit merchant bought some bananas. One fourth of them got spoiled. He sold another one-fourth of them at 24% loss and the remaining at 18% profit. Find his overall loss percentage.A. `19%`B. `22%`C. `3%`D. `6%` |
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Answer» Correct Answer - B Suppose the merchant bought 100 bananas. 25 of them got spoiled. 25 of them were sold at 24% loss and the remaining 50 of them were sold at 18% profit. Let the cost price of each banana be ₹ x. `:.` Total cost price ₹ 100x Total selling price (in ₹ )=(25)(0)+(25) `(x)(1-(24)/(100))+(50)(x)(1-(18)/(100))` `=(0+19+59)x=78x`, which is less than total C.P. `:.` An overall loss is made. `:.` Overall loss=₹ 22x `:.` Overall loss percentage`=(22x)/(100x)(100)%` `=22%` |
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