Question

A shopkeeper sold an article at a profit of 20% if he had found it at 20% less and sold it at rupees 80 less then he earn a profit of 25% find the cost price of article​

Answer 1

Answer:

375 is the answer

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Answer 2

Answer:

1st case profit 20% i.e 1/5

means

5---becomes------------6 in a year

2nd case profit 25% i.e 1/4

means

4---------5 in a year

reduction of cost from 5 to 4 i.e 20%

reduction of S.P from 6 to 5 i.e 1 unit which is given as 80

means 1 unit = 80

cost is 5 unit ∴ 5 unit = 5×80

∴ cost is 400 Rs