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1. By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling price. His profit percent is:

A. 20%

B. 25%

C. $16 \frac{2}{3}$ %

D. $33 \frac{1}{3}$ %

Solution:

He gets 25% profit on the selling price.

\begin{aligned} L e t S P = x; t h e n \\ C P = x - \frac{x}{4} \\ = R s . \frac{3 x}{4} \\ H e n c e, \\ % g a i n = \frac{\frac{x}{4}}{\frac{3 x}{4}} \times 100 \\ = \frac{100}{3} \\ = 33 \frac{1}{3} \end{aligned}

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