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A dishonest shopkeeper claims to sell goods at cost price but uses a weight of 900 gm for 1 kg. find the percentage profit to the shopkeeper?

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A dishonest shopkeeper claims to sell goods at cost price but uses a weight of 900 gm for 1 kg. find the percentage profit to the shopkeeper?

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  1. The shopkeeper claims to sell goods at cost price but uses a weight of 900 gm for 1 kg. This means that for every 1 kg, the shopkeeper is actually giving 900 gm.

  2. So, when the shopkeeper sells 1 kg, he is actually selling 900 gm and keeping 100 gm (1 kg - 900 gm) for himself.

  3. The profit percentage is calculated by dividing the profit (100 gm) by the cost price (900 gm) and then multiplying by 100 to get the percentage.

  4. So, the profit percentage is (100/900) * 100 = 11.11%.

Therefore, the shopkeeper makes a profit of 11.11% by using a weight of 900 gm for 1 kg.

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