Question
Sukhvir purchased some perishable items for sale but 30%
of those items could not be sold and went bad. However, Sukhvir managed to sell the rest of the items at a price that helped him earn an overall profit of 19%. At what percentage above the cost price of each item purchased by Sukhvir did he sell each of the items that did not go bad?Solution
The correct answer is B
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