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A man sold two articles at Rs. 375 each. On the first article, he gains 25% and on the other, he loses 25%. How much does he gain or lose in the whole transaction? Also, find the gain or loss percent in the whole transaction.

Let x, y be the two articles.

Selling price of both the articles(S.Px , S.Py) is 375


S.Px , S.Py means selling price of article X, Y respectively


C.Px , C.Py means Cost price of article X, Y respectively


on selling article X he gets 25% profit which means the selling price is 125% of C.Px


375 = 125% C.Px


375 = C.Px


C.Px = = 300


on selling article Y he gets 25% loss which means the selling price is 75% of C.Py


375 = 75% C.Py


375 = C.Py


C.Py = = 500


C.P = C.Px + C.Py


= 300 + 500 = 800


S. P = S.Px + S.Py


= 375 + 375 = 750


Loss = C.P – S.P


= 800 – 750 = 50


loss % =


=


= 6.25%


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