CAT 2023 Profit & Loss — Previous Year Question
Year
CAT 2023
Section
Quantitative
Topic
Profit & Loss
Difficulty
Hard
Question
Slot-3
A merchant purchases a cloth at a rate of Rs.100 per meter and receives 5 cm length of cloth free for every 100 cm length of cloth purchased by him. He sells the same cloth at a rate of Rs.110 per meter but cheats his customers by giving 95 cm length of cloth for every 100 cm length of cloth purchased by the customers. If the merchant provides a 5% discount, the resulting profit earned by him is
4.2%
15.5%
16%
9.7%
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