Math, asked by viiicyashyashika, 6 months ago

16. A shopkeeper sells a sweater at a loss of 5%. If he had sold it for 5260 more, he would
have made a profit of 15%. Calculate the purchase price of the sweater.

Answers

Answered by akansksha
2

Answer:

case1:Let CP be x

Loss=5%

SP

1

=x−5%ofx

SP

1

=95%ofx=

100

95

x

Case2: CP=x,

P

2

=15%

SP

2

=x+15%ofx=

100

115

x

Difference in SP is given 260

Thus,

SP

2

−SP

1

=260

100

115x−95x

=260

⇒20x=260×100

⇒x=

20

26000

⇒x=1300

Thus purchase price is 1300 R

Answered by prakhar123459
0

Answer:

c.p is 1300 plz mark me as brainliest

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