a suoper bazar prices an item in rupees and paise so that when 4% salestax is addes no rounding isnecessay beecause the results is exactly in n rupees where n is positive integer find the smallest value of n
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let the price be x
then
x+4%of x is exactly in rupees
x+x/25
or 26x/25 is complete that means 25 divides 26x completely
LCM of 26 and 25=2*13*5*5=650
⇒650/25=26x/25
x=25rs
then
x+4%of x is exactly in rupees
x+x/25
or 26x/25 is complete that means 25 divides 26x completely
LCM of 26 and 25=2*13*5*5=650
⇒650/25=26x/25
x=25rs
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