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Gaurav Seth 5 years, 9 months ago
Given:
A lady buys some pencils for 3 rupees and an equal number for 6 rupees.
She sells all pencils for 7 rupees.
Total money need to buys all number of pencils is 3 + 6 = 9 rupees.
Now, total cost price of the pencils is greater than that of selling price. So, there is loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling Price
Loss = 9 - 7 = 2 rupees
∴ Percentage of loss is given as:
Therefore, the loss % is 22.22%
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