document.write( "Question 1088697: A trader sold a pair of shoes for C 2,800.00 making a loss of 20% on his cost price. Find his loss as a percentage of his selling price. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "His loss is 0.2*x, where x is his cost price.\r\n" );
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document.write( "His selling price is 0.8*x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The question is about his loss as a percentage of his selling price, which is  =  = 0.25*100% = 25%.\r\n" );
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