SOLUTION: if a profit made on a packet of tea is 4 and the cost price of the packet is 20, then how much is the profit percentage?

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Question 765617: if a profit made on a packet of tea is 4 and the cost price of the packet is 20, then how much is the profit percentage?
Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4/20 * 100 = 20%
This is the profit percentage.
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