Question

Lily bought a pair of gloves and a shirt.

The gloves cost £4
She sold the gloves and the shirt for a total of £48
She made 100% profit on the cost of the gloves.
20% profit on the total cost.
Work out her percentage profit on the cost of the skirt.
Answer 1 decimal place.

Answer 1

14% profit on shirt/skirt?...

actually as written the question can not be answered....

the start of the problem has gloves, and SHIRT... at the end you want the

profit on a SKIRT

Explanation:

gloves sold for 8

shirt sold for 40

.2(48) = 9.60 profit

9.60 - 4 = 5.60 profit of shirt

x(40) = 5.60

14% profit on shirt

Answer 2

Profit % = 11,11 %

Explanation: