SSC Sample Paper Mock Test-8 SSC CGL Tear-II Paper-1

  • question_answer
    A man sells two tables at the same price. On one he makes profit of 10% and on the other he suffers a loss of 10%. His loss per cent on the whole transaction is

    A) 0

    B)  1    

    C)  2

    D)  5

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

      If the SP of each of the two items sold be the same, on one of them there is x% loss and on other there is a gain of x%, then there is always a loss given by the rule = x% of x or\[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{100}%\] \[\therefore \] Loss per cent \[=\frac{{{(10)}^{2}}}{100}=1%\] 


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