A trader sells wheat at Rs. x/kg. A shopkeeper cons a trader into selling him 10 percent more wheat than what he is paying for. Later the shopkeeper uses faulty balance and gives a customer 10 percent less wheat what is paying for. If the shopkeeper also sells the wheat at Rs. x/kg what is the overall profit percentage of the shopkeeper in whole transactions?

<p>CP of wheat be Rs.100/kg So, when shopkeeper pays for 1kg wheat, he get 1.1kg of wheat.</p><p>CP of shopkeeper is Rs.&nbsp;<math><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn><mn>0</mn><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></mfrac><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>p</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>k</mi><mi>g</mi></mrow></math></p><p>While selling, he sells 10% less</p><p>So, 5p = Rs.&nbsp;<math><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn><mn>0</mn><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>9</mn><mi>k</mi><mi>g</mi></mrow></mfrac></mrow></math></p><p>Profit percent =&nbsp;<math><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn><mn>0</mn><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>9</mn></mrow></mfrac><mo>−</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn><mn>0</mn><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn><mn>0</mn><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></mfrac></mrow></math></p><p>=22.22percent</p>

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