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A seller uses faulty weight in place of a 2 kg weight and earns a 25 profit He claims that he is sel...........

Quantitative Aptitude (CPO) Profit and loss

A seller uses faulty weight in place of a 2 kg weight and earns a 25% profit. He claims that he is selling on the cost price in front

of the customers but uses a faulty weight. How much error is there in the 2 kg weight to gain 25%?

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SSC CPO 9th Nov 2022 Shift 1

250 g

400 g

500 g

300 g

- The seller is using a faulty weight instead of a 2 kg weight.

- He earns a 25% profit while claiming to sell at cost price.

- This means the actual weight he is using is less than 2 kg.

- To find the faulty weight:

- Suppose the faulty weight is $x$ kg.

- According to the situation, selling price is 2 kg but actually it's x kg.

- $(2 - x) kg$ is what accounts for the extra 25% profit.

- Calculation: $(2 - x) / x = 0.25$ which simplifies to $x = \frac{8}{5} = 1.6$ kg.

- So, the error is $2 - 1.6 = 0.4$ kg or 400 g.

- Correct Answer: Option 2 - 400 g

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