A merchant bought 850 bags of cement at 330 kg per bag.Due to bad weather 5 bags of cement were damaged.He sold the remaining bags at 370 Rs per bag.What is his profit?What is the profit percentage?

can you pls tell what is cp cost price

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Sorry dear I don't know.
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Answer according to me :-
CP = 1 bag = Rs. 330
          850 bags = 330 * 850 = Rs 280500
SP = 845 bags = 370 * 845 = Rs 312650
Profit = 312650 - 280500 = 32150
P% = P/CP * 100
P% = 32150/ 280500 * 100
P% = 11.46%
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