AFCAT I 2015 Solved Paper

When two articles are sold at same price but one of them at sold at x% profit and another sold at x% loss, in this process there is always loss =

x2

100

15%=

3

20

Let selling price of each article be Rs. 391 (LCM of 23 and 17)
Total selling price of both articles =391×2=782
⇒ Cost price of first article =391×

20

17

=460
⇒ Cost price of second article =391×

20

23

=340
⇒ Total cost price of both articles =460+340=800
⇒ Loss =800−782= Rs. 18
∴ Loss %=

18

800

×100=2.25%