Question

A shopkeeper sold a shirt for rupees 450 that by suffering a loss of 10% how much did the shirt cost the shopkeeper

Answer 1

we need to find cp

Let cp be" X"

so, according to questions

he loss 10 percent so selling percent is 100-10

=90%

According to questions

90/100×X=450

=>X=450×100/90

=>X=5×100

=>X=500

So,the shirt cost the shopkeeper is $<b>500</b>$