Question 47

‘A’ bought a certain quantity of oranges at total cost of Rs. 1200. He sold 1/3rd of those oranges at 20% loss. If A earns an overall profit of 10%, at what percent profit did A sell the rest of the oranges ?

Solution

Let's assume the total oranges are 1200.

Cost of each orange = 1200/1200 = 1 Rs.

He sold 1/3rd of those oranges at 20% loss.

1200/3 of 0.8 = 320

Now remaining oranges are 800.

He want to earns an overall profit of 10%.

Then 1200 of 110% = 1320

He got 320 from 400 orange while selling them in loss. Now he want 1320-320 = Rs. 1000 for 800 orange.

profit on 800 oranges = $$\frac{1000-800}{800}\times100$$ = 25%

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