12. Find the loss or gain as percent, if the C.P. of 8 articles, all o

1.	12. Find the loss or gain as percent, if the C.P. of 8 articles, all of the same kind, is equalto S.P. of 10 articles
Answer» let cp of 8 articles be 80then sp of 10 articles is 80 cp of 1 article=80÷8 =10sp of 1 article=80÷10 =8 then sp of 8 articles is 8×8=64 cp>sp therefore it is a loss loss 80-64=16loss percentage=16÷80×100=20% Thank you very much brother

12. Find the loss or gain as percent, if the C.P. of 8 articles, all of the same kind, is equalto S.P. of 10 articles

Answer»

let cp of 8 articles be 80then sp of 10 articles is 80

cp of 1 article=80÷8 =10sp of 1 article=80÷10 =8

then sp of 8 articles is 8×8=64

cp>sp therefore it is a loss

loss 80-64=16loss percentage=16÷80×100=20%

Thank you very much brother