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A businessman makes a profit by selling a sofa set for rupees 45000. when same sofa set to sold for 39000 the businessman incurs a loss that is equal to the profit earned in the earlier situation. the cost price of the sofa set is?​

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Answered by thanmay2701
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Answer:

the cost price of the sofa is 42000

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gangagesanp6cd1p: after your explanation I will mark you as branliest
thanmay2701: ok
thanmay2701: question says he has a profit of x by selling the sofa for 45000. later he sold it for 39000 and he has the same amount of loss as the amount of profit he had.
thanmay2701: so basically the loss and the profit have to be the same
thanmay2701: so there is only 1 possibility. that is 3000 profit and 3000 loss respectively
thanmay2701: hope I have answered your question
thanmay2701: pls mark as brainliest if you understood
thanmay2701: so the cost price of the sofa is 42000
thanmay2701: thank u
gangagesanp6cd1p: u r welcome
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