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by selling 60 oranges, a man gains the selling price of 20 oranges. find the gain percentage


shruti soni 5th Dec, 2019
Answer (1)
Ashish Pal Student Expert 5th Dec, 2019

Hello Shruti.

Let me cost price of one orange is X.

Hence cost of 60 oranges is 60x.

Cost of 20 oranges is 20x.

Selling price of 60 oranges =60x+20x.

Profit=(sp-cp)/cp. *100

80x-60x/60x. *100 ==33.33

33.33% profit he will get.

Hope you get it.

Good luck

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