Question

Ana sold her scooty for ₹18000 making a profit of 20 percent . How much did the scooty cost her ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Complete step-by-step answer:

We are given the selling price of the scooty as Rs.18000 and also that Ana sold it for 20% profit and we have to find the cost price of the scooty.

So first of all we should know about the percentage to solve this problem i.e. percentage is the number of parts per 100 parts of a given substance. Like X% of the amount Y will be given by,

=X100×Y

So in the given question profit is the 20% of the cost price so,

We will suppose the cost price of the scooty be Rs.C

Hence 20% of C is given by,

=20100×C

Now this 20% is equal to the profit i.e. selling price – cost price,

=18000−C

Now equating the 20% of the amount with the profit we get,

20100×C=18000−CC=90000−5C6C=90000C=15000

Answer 2

Answer:

She brought the scooty with 15000

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the selling price of the scooty as Rs.18000 and also that Ana sold it for 20% profit and we have to find the cost price of the scooty.

So first of all we should know about the percentage to solve this problem i.e. percentage is the number of parts per 100 parts of a given substance. Like X% of the amount Y will be given by,

=X100×Y

So in the given question profit is the 20% of the cost price so,

We will suppose the cost price of the scooty be Rs.C

Hence 20% of C is given by,

=20100×C

Now this 20% is equal to the profit i.e. selling price – cost price,

=18000−C

Now equating the 20% of the amount with the profit we get,

20100×C=18000−CC=90000−5C6C=90000C=15000

Hence we get the cost price of the scooty at which Ana bought it as Rs.15000.