A dishonest shopkeeper claims to sell salt at a rate of ₹25/kg. The cost price of the salt is ₹25/kg. He removes 200 gm from each kg and sells the remaining salt at the claimed rate. What is the shopkeeper’s gain percentage?

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Step 1: Cost price (CP) of 1 kg salt = ₹25
Step 2: Shopkeeper removes 200 gm from 1 kg, so he actually gives 800 gm salt but charges for 1 kg.
Step 3: Selling price (SP) of 800 gm salt = ₹25 (since he charges ₹25 per kg)
Step 4: Cost price of 800 gm salt = (800/1000) × 25 = ₹20
Step 5: Profit = SP - CP = 25 - 20 = ₹5
Step 6: Profit percentage = (Profit / CP) × 100 = (5 / 20) × 100 = 25%
Therefore, the shopkeeper’s gain percentage is 25%.

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