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If the cost price is 95% of the selling price, what is the profit percent = ?

14%
24.75%
35%
45.26%

Answer:- 1

Explanation:-

Solution:

According to the question,

\begin{aligned} C .P . = \frac{95}{100} S .P . \\ \frac{C .P}{S .P .} = \frac{95}{100} = \frac{19}{20} ⟩ 1 unit profit \\ Profit % = \frac{1}{19} \times 100 \\ = 5.26 % \end{aligned}

$\eqalign{ & {\text{C}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}} = \frac{{95}}{{100}}{\text{S}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}} \cr & \frac{{{\text{C}}{\text{.P}}}}{{{\text{S}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}}}}{\text{ = }}\frac{{95}}{{100}}{\text{ = }}\left. {\frac{{19}}{{20}}} \right\rangle {\text{1 unit profit}} \cr & {\text{Profit }}\% = \frac{1}{{19}} \times 100 \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = 5.26\% {\text{ }} \cr}$

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Solution:

According to the question,

\begin{aligned} C .P . = \frac{95}{100} S .P . \\ \frac{C .P}{S .P .} = \frac{95}{100} = \frac{19}{20} ⟩ 1 unit profit \\ Profit % = \frac{1}{19} \times 100 \\ = 5.26 % \end{aligned}

$\eqalign{ & {\text{C}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}} = \frac{{95}}{{100}}{\text{S}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}} \cr & \frac{{{\text{C}}{\text{.P}}}}{{{\text{S}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}}}}{\text{ = }}\frac{{95}}{{100}}{\text{ = }}\left. {\frac{{19}}{{20}}} \right\rangle {\text{1 unit profit}} \cr & {\text{Profit }}\% = \frac{1}{{19}} \times 100 \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = 5.26\% {\text{ }} \cr}$ ", "dateCreated": "7/24/2019 10:09:12 AM" } }

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