SOLUTION: By selling 15 dozens bananas , a fruit seller lost an amount equal to the selling price of 20 bananas .find the loss percent.

Question 1085046: By selling 15 dozens bananas , a fruit seller lost an amount equal to the selling price of 20 bananas .find the loss percent.
Found 2 solutions by Betty Andama, ikleyn:
Answer by Betty Andama(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12x15=180
180-20=160
(160/180)x100=88.89% lost
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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12x15=180 (20/180)x100 = 11.11% lost.

The correct answer is 11.11%.

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