A man sells two tables at the same price.On one he makes a profit of 10% and on the other he suffers a loss of 10%.Find his loss or gain per cent on the whole transaction.
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?????????????? "suffer a loss" ??????

?? yu meen LUZE MUNEE ??

Yer werds impli the $ him pae tu get the tabels differ

his kost vary...x+10%=z & y-10%=z

1.1x=z, so x=z/1.1

0.9y=z, so y=z/0.9

his kost=(z/1.1) +(z/0.9)

=0.090909090909090...+1.1111111111...

sum=2.0202020202020...

averaej kost=1.01010101010101

loss=0.0101010101010

loss=1.01%
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