Quantitative Aptitude Ques 260
Question: A trader fixes selling price of commodities after increasing them by 10% and offers 10% discount on selling prices. The percentage gain or loss is
Options:
A) 1% gain
B) 0.9% gain
C) 1.1% loss
D) 1% loss
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
- Let the cost price of the article be Rs. 100.
Then, selling price $ =100\times \frac{(100+10)}{100}=110 $
Discount offered $ =110\times \frac{90}{100}=Rs.,99 $
Loss percentage $ =\frac{1\times 100}{100}=1% $
Alternate Method
$ [ +10-10-\frac{10\times 10}{100} ]=-1%=1%,loss,(-ve,sign) $