1 votes 1 votes loss of 20% on selling price is equal to x% loss in cost price. What is the value of x ? Kaluti asked Jul 23, 2017 Kaluti 340 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply saipriyab commented Oct 15, 2017 reply Follow Share 20% loss so (CP-SP)/(SP)*100=20 by solving this we will get SP/CP=5/6 so x% loss means ((SP-CP)/(CP))*100 x=100/6=16.666 is the value of x 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 0 votes 0 votes Let sp be 100 20% loss on sp means cp is 120 .so now loss on cp is 20*100/120=50/3 pawan kumarln answered Jul 23, 2017 selected Jul 24, 2017 by Kaluti pawan kumarln comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.