Question

A shopkeeper buys 80 article for rupees 2400 and sells them for a profit of 16% find the selling price of an article

Answer 1

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Since CP of 80 articles= Rs 2400

Profit%= 16%

Profit in terms of rupess =2400×16/100
= Rs 384

Since SP = CP + Profit

SP of 80 articles= Rs( 2400+384)
= Rs 2784

SP of one article= Rs 2784/80
= Rs 34.8

$\textsf{\red{Hence SP of 1 article is Rs 34.8 }}$

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Answer 2

Cp of 80 articles=Rs.2400
Sp of 80 article=100+gain/100×cp
Rs.100+16/100×2400=Rs.2784
So,Sp of 1 article=Rs.2784/80=Rs.34.8