By selling some cloth at the cost price a merchant still gained 191/21%. How much less cloth does he measure for a meter?

By selling some cloth at the cost price a merchant still gained 191/21%. How much less cloth does he measure for a meter?


1) 15 cm

2) 16 cm

3) 20 cm

4) None of these

Answer: 2

EXP:

Profit % = 19 1/21 => 1.19047.
Let he measure x cm for 100 cm. Then, 100/x = 1.19047 => x=84 cm
So he measures 16 cm less for every meter.