A clothing store has two pieces of clothes with different purchase prices, both of which are sold at 150 yuan. One of them makes 50% profit and the other loses 50%, How profitable is the clothing store?

A clothing store has two pieces of clothes with different purchase prices, both of which are sold at 150 yuan. One of them makes 50% profit and the other loses 50%, How profitable is the clothing store?

Loss of 100 yuan. A clothing (profit): set the cost as X, 150-x = 0.5x, x = 100 yuan, profit = 150-100 = 50 yuan. B clothing (loss): set the cost as y, 150-y = - 0.5y, y = 300 yuan, profit = 150-300 = - 150 yuan