Question

After selling a horse and cart at Rs 800a man finds that he has made 10% profit on the
horse and 20% profit on the cart.Had he sold the horse at 15% profit and the Cart at
25% profit he would have got ₹35 more . Find out the price of the horse and the price of
the cart.After selling a horse and cart at Rs 800a man finds that he has made 10% profit on the
horse and 20% profit on the cart.Had he sold the horse at 15% profit and the Cart at
25% profit he would have got ₹35 more . Find out the price of the horse and the price of

the cart.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Rs.200

Explanation:

Let X be the cost of horse and Y be the cost of the cart.

10% of loss in selling horse = 20% of gain in selling the cart.

Therefore, 10100×X

= (20 × 100) × Y

Or, X = 2y --------------(1)

5% of loss in selling horse is 10 more than the 5% gain in selling the cart.

Therefore, 5100×X−10=5100×Y

=> 5X – 1000 = 5Y

Using equation (1),

=> 10Y – 1000 = 5Y

=> 5Y = 1000

=> Y =200

=> X = 400

CP of Horse = Rs. 400

CP of the Cart = Rs. 200