Question

a retailer wants to get a profit of 10% after giving a discount of 12.5% on an article. what should be the marked price of the article whose cost price is ₹1470?​

Answer 1

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a retailer wants to get a profit of 10% after giving a discount of 12.5% on an article. what should be the marked price of the article whose cost price is ₹1470?

Answer 2

Answer:

Cost price =₹900

Profit = 10%

Hence price with profit = 900 * 110/100 = ₹990

Let ‘y’ be the marked price.

Now selling price after discount = y * 90/100 = 0.9y

Now we have, 0.9y = 990

Hence marked price y = 990/0.9 = ₹1100