if the cost price of 24 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 24 articles = rs . 24 . selling price of 16 articles = rs . 24 therefore , selling price of 24 articles is : - = > 24 / 16 ã — 24 = > 36 . therefore , profit = selling price - cost price . = > 36 â ˆ ’ 24 = 12 . hence , the percentage of profit = profit x 100 / c . p . = > 12 / 24 ã — 100 . = > 50 % profit . answer : b"
multiply(const_100, divide(subtract(const_100, divide(multiply(const_100, 16), 24)), divide(multiply(const_100, 16), 24)))