A shopkeeper bought 150 pen drives at the rate of Rs. 500 per pen driv...
C.P. of 150 pendrives = 150 x 500 = Rs. 75000
∴ Total C.P. = 75000 + 500 = Rs. 75500
Marked price of 150 pendrive = 150 x 550 = Rs. 82500
Selling price after discount = 82500 x 95 / 100 = Rs. 78375
∴ percentage profit = [(78375 – 75500) / 75500] x 100 = 3.8%
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A shopkeeper bought 150 pen drives at the rate of Rs. 500 per pen driv...
To find the percentage profit gained by the shopkeeper, we need to calculate the cost price and the selling price of the pen drives.
Given:
Number of pen drives bought = 150
Cost price per pen drive = Rs. 500
Expenses on transportation and packing = Rs. 500
Marked price per pen drive = Rs. 550
Discount given = 5%
Let's calculate the cost price per pen drive:
Cost price per pen drive = Rs. 500
Total cost price of the 150 pen drives = Cost price per pen drive × Number of pen drives bought
= Rs. 500 × 150 = Rs. 75,000
Now, let's calculate the selling price per pen drive:
Discount given = 5%
Discount amount per pen drive = Discount given × Marked price per pen drive
= 5/100 × Rs. 550 = Rs. 27.50
Selling price per pen drive = Marked price per pen drive - Discount amount per pen drive
= Rs. 550 - Rs. 27.50 = Rs. 522.50
Total selling price of the 150 pen drives = Selling price per pen drive × Number of pen drives bought
= Rs. 522.50 × 150 = Rs. 78,375
Now, let's calculate the profit:
Profit = Total selling price - Total cost price
= Rs. 78,375 - Rs. 75,000 = Rs. 3,375
Percentage profit gained = (Profit / Total cost price) × 100
= (Rs. 3,375 / Rs. 75,000) × 100
= 0.045 × 100
= 4.5%
Therefore, the shopkeeper gained a profit of 4.5%. Hence, the correct answer is option (c) 3.8%.