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Topic: Do You Still Remember? Can You Solve This?
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Mon 05/04/15 11:20 AM
A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for $1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for $150. Find the percentage gain or loss

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Tue 05/05/15 06:20 AM
Not suprised that there isnt a response to this 'game'. Its isnt sex topic, lol!!. Maths isnt easy stuff either and IQ isnt determined by color of skin.Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Tue 05/05/15 06:32 AM
uche9aa stated >>>
A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for $1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for $150. Find the percentage gain or loss


Well, excuse me if I question this post; but the 4 @ $150. either seems like a mistake in the placement of the decimal point or the percentage of gain would be a redundant question sense he's already marked up his product to a point that he'd never sell those oranges!!!

He'd either have to eat his 80 remaining before they spoiled or give them away or slice them up for the birds/chickens to enjoy!

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Tue 05/05/15 06:38 AM
Edited by uche9aa on Tue 05/05/15 06:39 AM

uche9aa stated >>>
A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for $1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for $150. Find the percentage gain or loss


Well, excuse me if I question this post; but the 4 @ $150. either seems like a mistake in the placement of the decimal point or the percentage of gain would be a redundant question sense he's already marked up his product to a point that he'd never sell those oranges!!!

He'd either have to eat his 80 remaining before they spoiled or give them away or slice them up for the birds/chickens to enjoy!
great attempt! Bravo. But lets wait for other better attempts from other intelligent people like you

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Tue 05/05/15 06:51 AM
Id say 100% loss at those prices! Lol

uche9aa's photo
Tue 05/05/15 07:19 AM

Id say 100% loss at those prices! Lol
Good attempt there,Missy. But its not the answer!!!!

RoamingOrator's photo
Tue 05/05/15 07:24 AM
Assuming he found a buyer at those prices the net gain is 14605% ROI. Also, I'd like to find the market he's selling this stuff to and see if they want some apples.

uche9aa's photo
Tue 05/05/15 07:53 AM

Assuming he found a buyer at those prices the net gain is 14605% ROI. Also, I'd like to find the market he's selling this stuff to and see if they want some apples.
Genetically modified apples? No no no!!!! Lol

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Tue 05/05/15 09:34 AM

A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for $1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for $150. Find the percentage gain or loss


is this a serious economics question? or another one of those, "gotcha" problems?

i will dip my foot in the water...

assuming that you are referring to profit gained or loss..20% of the oranges was loss due to spoiling, so 20% of potential profit was also loss






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Tue 05/05/15 10:55 AM


A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for $1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for $150. Find the percentage gain or loss


is this a serious economics question? or another one of those, "gotcha" problems?

i will dip my foot in the water...

assuming that you are referring to profit gained or loss..20% of the oranges was loss due to spoiling, so 20% of potential profit was also loss






Why are women more intelligent than men? One hardly see men's response or post in any academic debate or thread except its sex sex sex.As far as I am concerned,ITS WOMEN'S WORLD. Not men's as erroneously believed. However, you nearly got it. Could you provide the formula you used?

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Tue 05/05/15 11:22 AM
Edited by Pansytilly on Tue 05/05/15 11:23 AM


Mmm..no equation...just eyeballing all the numbers...since i wasnt sure if this was indeed a serious economics/math problem...

20 oranges out of a hundred is 20%...

5 oranges were grouped together to be sold. Which is 20 sets of 5... 5x20=100

The remaining 80 oranges were grouped into 4's. Which is also 20 sets... 4x20=80

So...20 percent if you switch all the numbers around...

Whats the answer suppose to be anyway??

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Tue 05/05/15 11:31 AM



Mmm..no equation...just eyeballing all the numbers...since i wasnt sure if this was indeed a serious economics/math problem...

20 oranges out of a hundred is 20%...

5 oranges were grouped together to be sold. Which is 20 sets of 5... 5x20=100

The remaining 80 oranges were grouped into 4's. Which is also 20 sets... 4x20=80

So...20 percent if you switch all the numbers around...

Whats the answer suppose to be anyway??
Great!. I will post the right answer after all that wants to respond might have done so

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Tue 05/05/15 11:33 AM
Can you please confirm the selkung price? Is it onehundredfifty bollars or one dillar and fifty cents?

That possible typo will seriously change the answer.

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Tue 05/05/15 11:41 AM
125% profit because you stated; the remaining 80 'he sold 4 @ $150.'...I neglected to see that there wasn't anymore spoilage in your story board.

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Tue 05/05/15 11:44 AM
Edited by eric22t on Tue 05/05/15 12:07 PM
Three possible answers that i see
A) 20% loss of product
B) at &150.00per you would gain1250%of your investment
C) at$1.50 per you would gain 25% of yourinvestment


With the typo corrected please diregard answer B

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Tue 05/05/15 11:47 AM




Mmm..no equation...just eyeballing all the numbers...since i wasnt sure if this was indeed a serious economics/math problem...

20 oranges out of a hundred is 20%...

5 oranges were grouped together to be sold. Which is 20 sets of 5... 5x20=100

The remaining 80 oranges were grouped into 4's. Which is also 20 sets... 4x20=80

So...20 percent if you switch all the numbers around...

Whats the answer suppose to be anyway??
Great!. I will post the right answer after all that wants to respond might have done so


Lol...ok...i will dip more than my foot in it when i wake up later...night all waving yawn

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Tue 05/05/15 11:53 AM
Edited by prithvii1989 on Tue 05/05/15 12:24 PM
gain is 25 %. (after correction of the question)

uche9aa's photo
Tue 05/05/15 12:04 PM

Can you please confirm the selkung price? Is it onehundredfifty bollars or one dillar and fifty cents?

That possible typo will seriously change the answer.
Eric,thanks very much. I made a mistake in typo really. 2Old2messaround,Discatelmissy,Pansytilly please forgive my mistake. While i was solving the maths to get the answer,i discovered that the question should rather be: A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for $1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for $1.50 find the percentage gain or loss

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Tue 05/05/15 12:07 PM

Three possible answers that i see
A) 20% loss of product
B) at &150.00per you would gain1250%of your investment
C) at$1.50 per you would gain 25% of yourinvestment
I doff my hat for you,sir

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Tue 05/05/15 02:21 PM


Three possible answers that i see
A) 20% loss of product
B) at &150.00per you would gain1250%of your investment
C) at$1.50 per you would gain 25% of yourinvestment
I doff my hat for you,sir


You can doff the hat, but he's wrong.

The cost of the oranges is 20.40, the cost of the spoilage (which must be absorbed into the overall cost as a loss) is 4.08 for a total cost of 24.48. The recouped sales is 30.00, for a total profit of 5.52. Your realized gain (according to the "new" sales price) is only 22.5%

Which isn't all that bad really.

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