Left pan of a faulty balance weights 100 gram more than its right pan. A shopkeeper keeps the weight measure in the left pan while buying goods but keeps it in the right pan while selling his goods. He uses only 1 kg weight measure. If he sells his goods

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Q: 66 (IAS/2005)
Left pan of a faulty balance weights 100 gram more than its right pan. A shopkeeper keeps the weight measure in the left pan while buying goods but keeps it in the right pan while selling his goods. He uses only 1 kg weight measure. If he sells his goods at the listed cost price, what is his gain?
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Logic/Reasoning

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IAS

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{'weight measure': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'kg weight measure': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'right pan': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'left pan': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'gain': [0, 1, 2, 1], 'faulty balance': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'gram': [3, 0, 3, 2], 'goods': [0, 1, 5, 27], 'cost price': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'shopkeeper': [0, 0, 1, 0]}