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A mobile phone and a tablet were sold at a profit of 10% and a loss of 8% respectively . If the cost price of the mobile is 1.5 times that of the tablet what is the overall percentage earned by selling both the articles?

Correct answer:

p =  2.8 %

Step-by-step explanation:

p1=100%+10%=1+10010=1.1 p2=100%8%=11008=0.92  m = 1.5 t  x = p1 m+p2 t = p1 m + p2 m/1.5 = r m  r=p1+p2/1.5=1.1+0.92/1.5=1502571.7133  p = 100    m+tr m(m+t)  p = 100    m+m/1.5r m(m+m/1.5) p=100 1+1/1.5r(1+1/1.5)=100 1+1/1.51.7133(1+1/1.5)=2.8%



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