if the cost price of 17 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles , what is the percentage of profit or loss that the merchant makes ?
"explanation : let cost price of 1 article be re . 1 . therefore , cost price of 17 articles = rs . 17 . selling price of 16 articles = rs . 17 therefore , selling price of 17 articles is : - = > 17 / 16 ã — 17 = > 18.06 therefore , profit = selling price - cost price . = > 18.06 â ˆ ’ 17 = 1.06 hence , the percentage of profit = profit x 100 / c . p . = > 1.06 / 17 ã — 100 . = > 6.25 % profit . answer : b"
multiply(const_100, divide(subtract(const_100, divide(multiply(const_100, 16), 17)), divide(multiply(const_100, 16), 17)))