Question
A shopkeeper marks up his goods 35% above the CP and gives 23% discount to the customer .at the time of buying he uses 1120g instead of a 1kg and at the time of selling the goods he gives 880g weight instead of 1kg.find his profit %.
Solution
 
       1000     1323 Profit =1323-1000=323 Profit %= (323/1000) ×100 =32.3%
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