Question

a man sold fridge for ₹6251 and lost 1/20 of cost price. find cost price.

Answer 1

If we want to find the cost price and we know the price for sale, let the cost price(original price) be x.
1/20=0.05
1-0.05=0.95  He lost 1/20 of the cost price.
0.095x=6251
x=6251/0.95
x=6580