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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price. But he uses a false weight of 900 g per 1 kg weight. Find his gain percent?

111/9%
103/9%
11%
10%

Correct Answer: 111/9%

Explanation:

Gain percentage = [Error/(True value - Error)] x 100 %
= [(100/(1000 - 100)] x 100 %
= (100/900) x 100 %
= 11¹/₉%

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