SOLUTION: a man bought a laptop for £450 and sold it for £425. Express his loss as a percentage of the original cost

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Question 699178: a man bought a laptop for £450 and sold it for £425. Express his loss as a percentage of the original cost
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25/450=0.056=5.6%
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