Question

kissa brought an item at Tsh 250,000/= she sold it by a certain price and got loss of 1/4 of the buying price. find the percentage loss.​

Answer 1

Loss %age = 25%

Explanation:

Cost Price of Item = 250,000/-

Loss = 1/4 = 0.25 of 250,000

=> 62,500 /-

%age Loss =
`Loss*100/Cost Price`

=> 62,500 * 100 / 250,000

=> 6,250,000/250,000

=> 25 %