A dealer professing to sell his goods at cost price uses 950 grams weight for 1 kg. His gain percentage is: (rounded off to two decimal places)

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  1. 5.35%
  2. 5.26%
  3. 5.86%
  4. 5.96%

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Option 2 : 5.26%
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Given

A dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price uses 950 grams weight for 1 kg.

Formula used

Profit = SP - CP

% profit = (profit /CP) × 100

Calculation

Let the CP of 1 g = x

Given CP of 1 kg = SP of 1 kg = 1000x

But the CP of what he is selling = 950x

His Profit = 1000x – 950x = 50x

% Profit = (50x/950x) × 100 = 5(1/19)

∴ The required profit% is 5.26%.

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