SOLUTION: Vinnie bought 50 kg tomatoes. 5kg were found rotten and she threw them away. She sold the remaining and charged for 4kg as much as she paid for 5 kg. Find her gain or loss percent.

Question 1044320: Vinnie bought 50 kg tomatoes. 5kg were found rotten and she threw them away. She sold the remaining and charged for 4kg as much as she paid for 5 kg. Find her gain or loss percent.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She sold kg for as much as she paid for kg

She sold kg for as much as she paid for kg
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She actually sold kg
She sold kg for as much as she paid for kg
She sold kg for as much as she paid for kg
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I'll say the price/kg that she bought them at was monetary units/kg
monetary units was the buying price for kg
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monetary units was the selling price for kg
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Her profit was monetary units
The % profit was:

12.5% profit
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Just my way of doing it. You might
like a different way better.
Hope I got it!
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