A man sells cloths. He sells the cloths for 40% more than the cost price. But the tape he is using to measure the cloths is little smaller & longer than it has to be. Thus the man was able to make only 39% profit. Find the increased or decreased length of the tape.

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genius on road!!

  • Aug 10th, 2006
 

The length of tape is 100.72 cms.

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sharad vasisht

  • Aug 11th, 2006
 

could you plz tell me the approach how you got the answer?

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Biby

  • Aug 19th, 2006
 

Simple...

Suppose he sells  100cm (1m) cloth for Rs. 140(40% profit). But his actual profit is only 39%

That means on an average he is getting only  Rs 139(39% profit) for every 100 cm he sells though he charges Rs.140 for 100cm. That means the tape he uses is longer. To find out the extended length of the tape:

100*140= x * 139 where x is the length of the tape he uses

Length of the tape = 100.719

Increased length = .719

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