A shopkeeper sells rice at a discount of 6% on the marked price but uses a weight that is 25% less than the actual weight. Find his overall profit percentage.

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1. **Take values:** Let marked price = cost price = Rs. 100 per kg.

2. **Sell price after discount:** $100	imes(1-0.06)=100	imes0.94=94$.

3. **Actual cost for quantity given:** He gives only $0.75$ kg, cost = $100	imes0.75=75$.

4. **Profit and percent:** Profit = $94-75=19$. Profit% = $\dfrac{19}{75}	imes100=25	frac{1}{3}\%\approx25.3\%$.

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