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Question:

A stockist wants to make some profit by selling sugar. He contemplates about various methods . Which of the following would maximise his profit?

I. Sell sugar at 10% profit.
II. Use 900 g of weight instead of 1 kg.
III. Mix 10% impurities in sugar and selling sugar at cost price.
IV. Increase the price by 5% and reduce weights by 5%.

Explanation:

Profit percentage in each case is
(i) 10%

(ii) $\frac{(100 \times 100)}{900} = \frac{100}{9} %$

(iii) $\frac{100 \times 1.1.1 - 100}{100} \times 100 = 10 %$

(iv) $\frac{(10 \times 100)}{95} = \frac{200}{19} %$

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