Two pans of a balance are 77.4 cm apart. The fulcrum of the balance has been shifted?

Question

0.425 cm away from the center by a dishonest

shopkeeper.

By what percentage is the true weight of the

goods being marked up by the shopkeeper?

Assume the balance has negligible mass.

Answer in units of %.

Answer 1

3.378%.  now will you please quit repeating this question.

Answer 2

I refuse to do the homework of the lazy & dishonest.