A shopkeeper sold and item at 20% profit and another item at 10% loss. If the cost price of both the items is same, find overall profit percent.

A shopkeeper sold and item at 20% profit and another item at 10% loss. If the cost price of both the items is same, find overall profit percent. Correct Answer 5%

Let, cost price of per item 100 Tk. 1st item sell price = 120 2nd item sell price = 90 Total cost price = 100 + 100 = 200  Total sell price = 120 + 90 = 210 Profit percentage = {(210 - 200)/200}×100 = 5% 
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