document.write( "Question 1185939: A farmer a made a loss of 21% by selling a sheep for shs. 1540. What percentage profit would she have made if she sold the sheep for ss. 2800 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "When the farmer sold a sheep for shs. 1540, he made a loss of 21%.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that shs. 1540 was 100%-21% = 79% of the true/(neutral) price.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the true/(neutral price was   = 1949.37.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If in other scenario, the farmer will sell the sheep for shs. 2800, he will make a profit\r\n" );
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document.write( "of  shs.  2800 - 1949.37.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The percentage of the profit then will be   = 43.64%  (rounded).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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