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The cost price of 12 bananas is equal to selling price of 8 bananas. Find profit/loss percent.25% profit50% profit33133313% loss50% loss

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The cost price of 12 bananas is equal to selling price of 8 bananas. Find profit/loss percent.25% profit50% profit33133313% loss50% loss

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The problem states that the cost price of 12 bananas is equal to the selling price of 8 bananas. This implies that the seller is making a profit because they are selling 8 bananas for the price of 12.

Let's assume the cost price of one banana is 1.Therefore,thecostpriceof12bananasis1. Therefore, the cost price of 12 bananas is 12.

According to the problem, this 12isalsothesellingpriceof8bananas.So,thesellingpriceofonebananais12 is also the selling price of 8 bananas. So, the selling price of one banana is 12/8 = $1.5.

The profit made on one banana is the selling price minus the cost price, which is 1.51.5 - 1 = $0.5.

To find the profit percentage, we use the formula:

Profit % = (Profit / Cost price) * 100 = (0.5/0.5 / 1) * 100 = 50%

So, the seller is making a 50% profit on the bananas.

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