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By selling 20 oranges for#1.35 a trader makes a profit of 8% what is the percentage gain or loss if he sells the same 20 oranges for#1.10?

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sqdancefan

Answer:

  12% loss

Step-by-step explanation:

The selling price is the sum of the cost price and the markup. Here, the markup (profit) is expressed as a percentage of the cost price.

Cost price

The relation between selling price and cost price is ...

  selling price = cost price + cost price × markup fraction

  selling price = cost price × (1 + markup fraction)

Then the original cost price is ...

  cost price = (selling price) / (1 + markup fraction)

  cost price = #1.35 / (1 +8%) = #1.25

Profit

After the change in selling price, we can find the markup fraction (profit rate) to be ...

  1 + markup fraction = (selling price)/(cost price)

  markup fraction = (selling price)/(cost price) -1

  markup fraction = #1.10/1.25 -1 = 0.88 -1 = -0.12

The trader has a 12% loss when selling the oranges at #1.10.

 

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