Question

A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 20% and the wholesale

dealer sells it to a retail merchant at a loss of 5%. Find the resultant profit or loss%

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Answer 1

Answer:

Cost price of the article to the manufacture is Rs.50000.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Let the cost price of the article to the manufacture be x

Profit percentage when manufacture sells to a wholesaler = 105

Profit percentage when whole saler sells to a shopkeeper = 20%

Loss percentage when the shopkeeper sells to a shopkeeper = 15%

Total amount paid by a customer = 56100

According to question,

Hence, Cost price of the article to the manufacture is Rs.50000.