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A dishonest shopkeeper pretends to sell his goods at cost price, but uses a false weights and gains 1191тАЛ%. For a weight of a kg, he uses:
900 gm weight
950 gm weight
850 gm weight
875 gm weight
900 gm weight
Express 11 1/9% as the fraction 1/9. Since profit is (True-False)/False, the ratio of (True weight / False weight) = 10/9. If 10 units = 1000 gm, then 9 units = 900 gm.
Profit percentage = 11 1/9%, Nominal weight = 1000 gm
Gain%=(False┬аWeightTrue┬аWeightтИТFalse┬аWeightтАЛ)├Ч100
Express 11 1/9% as the fraction 1/9. Since profit is (True-False)/False, the ratio of (True weight / False weight) = 10/9. If 10 units = 1000 gm, then 9 units = 900 gm.
Students often calculate the percentage of 1000gm instead of finding the actual weight used, leading to incorrect deductions like 890gm or 910gm.
Convert percentage to fraction
Convert the gain percentage 1191тАЛ% into a fraction. 1191тАЛ%=9100тАЛ├Ч1001тАЛ=91тАЛ.
9100тАЛ%=91тАЛ
Set up the gain ratio
The formula for gain when using false weights is Gain%=False┬аWeightErrorтАЛ├Ч100. This implies False┬аWeightTrue┬аWeightтАЛ=1+Gain. Given the gain is 91тАЛ, the ratio is 1+91тАЛ=910тАЛ.
FalseTrueтАЛ=910тАЛ
Calculate false weight
We know the True Weight is 1000 gm. Setting up the equation x1000тАЛ=910тАЛ, we solve for x.
x=101000├Ч9тАЛ=900┬аgm
A is correct because the shopkeeper uses a 900 gm weight to achieve a gain of 11 1/9% on a nominal 1 kg weight.
This concept of 'Gain on False Weight' is essentially equivalent to 'Profit on cost' where the 'False weight' represents the cost price in terms of quantity and 'True weight' represents the selling price.