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Professes to sell at cost price but uses a false weight for 1 kg: gain percent

The same question, asked 3 times: 14 Jul 2023 S3*, 9 Sep 2024 S1*, 9 Sep 2024 S3. Every wording below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    14 Jul 2023 S3

    61
    A dealer professing to sell his goods at cost price uses 950 grams weight for 1 kg. His gain percentage is: ( rounded off to two decimal places)

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  2. Question 2

    9 Sep 2024 S1

    51
    A grocer professes to sell rice at the cost price, but uses a fake weight of 870870 g for 11 kg. Find his profit percentage (correct to two decimal places).

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  3. Question 3

    9 Sep 2024 S3

    67
    A dishonest shopkeeper claims to sell salt at a rate of ₹25/kg. The cost price of the salt is ₹25/kg. Not satisfied with this, he tries to make profit by removing 200 gm from each kg. What is the shopkeeper’s gain percentage?

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