Question

Three articles are bought at Rs.180 each. One of them is sold at a loss of 10%. If the other two articles are sold so as to gain 25% on the whole transaction, then what is the gain percentage on the two articles?

• A. 30%
• B. 42.5%
• C. 37.5%
• D. 45%

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 42.5%

CP of three articles = Rs. (180 × 3) = Rs. 540 gain% on whole transaction = 25% SP of the three articles = Rs. (540 × 125/100) = Rs. 675 SP of the first article = Rs. (180 × 90)/100 = Rs. 162 CP of the other two articles = 180 × 2= 360 SP of the other two articles = 675 – 162 = 513 Gain on two articles =513 – 360 = 153 Gain% on the two articles = (153/360 × 100) = 42.5