Question

An article was sold for Rs510 after allowing a discount of 15percent . Find the marked price

Answer 1

Selling price = ₹510

discount given = 15%

Marked price = SP × 100/(100-discount)

= 510 × 100/85

= ₹600

marked price was ₹600

Answer 2

Given: An article was sold for Rs510 after allowing a discount of 15percent.

To find: We have to find the marked price.

Solution:

Let the marked price of the article be x rupees.

The seller gives a 15% discount on the marked price.

So, the selling price becomes-

$x - \frac{15x}{100} \\ = \frac{85x}{100}$

Thus, the selling price is 85x/100 rupees.

This is equal to 510 rupees.

Thus we can write

$\frac{85x}{100} = 510 \\ 85x = 510 \times 100 \\ x = \frac{510 \times 100}{85} \\ x = 600$

The value of x is 600.

Thus, the marked price of the article is 600 rupees.