A store sold 3 items with selling prices in ratio 4:5:6. Profit/loss: 25% profit, 15% loss, 20% profit respectively. What is approximate total profit/loss percentage?

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1. Let selling prices be $4k,5k,6k$. Total SP = $15k$.

2. Find costs: CP1 = $4k/1.25=3.2k$, CP2 = $5k/0.85\approx5.88235294k$, CP3 = $6k/1.2=5k$.

3. Total CP = $3.2k+5.88235294k+5k=14.08235294k$.

4. Profit = $15k-14.08235294k=0.91764706k$. Profit % = $0.91764706/14.08235294\approx0.06517=6.517\%$.

5. So approx **6.5% profit**.

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