Question

A discount of 13% is given to the customer on the marked price of an article. A man bought the article for Rs.242.5. The marked price of
the article is​

Answer 1

Answer:

the marked price of the article is 31.46

Answer 2

The marked price is Rs. 278.74.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Selling price of an article = Rs. 242.5

Discount% = 13%

So, let the marked price of article be 'x'.

According to question, we get that

$x-\dfrac{13}{100}x=242.5\\\\x-0.13x=242.5\\\\0.87x=242.5\\\\x=\dfrac{242.5}{0.87}\\\\x=278.74$

Hence, the marked price is Rs. 278.74.

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