Question

By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling price. His profit per cent is:

• A. 20%
• B. 25%
• C. 16 2/3%
• D. 33 1/3 %

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 33 1/3 %

Let the SP of an Article be 100x .

Selling the article man make a profit of 25% on SP

$Profit= \frac{25}{100}\times{(100x)}$

$Profit=25x$

Profit = 25x ; SP = 100x

then, $CP = 100x-25x=75x$

Profit % $=\frac{profit}{CP}\times{100}$

$=\frac{25x}{75x}\times{100}$

$=\frac{100}{3}$%

$=33\frac{1}{3}$%

Profit % on the article is $33\frac{1}{3}$%.