Question

By selling a bedsheet for * 640, a shopkeeper earns a profit of 28%. How much
did it cost the shopkeeper?​

Answer 1

Answer:

cost of sale of bedsheet=*640

profit=28%

28% of 640=179.2

cost at which the shopkerper got it for= 640-179.2=460.8

Answer 2

Answer:

Given:

By selling a bed sheet for rupees 640 A shopkeeper earns a profit of 28%

Find:

how much did it cost the shopkeeper.

Calculation:

$\sf\rightarrow \frac{128}{100} \times x = 640$

Let x be the cost price of bed sheet.

$\sf\rightarrow x = 640 \times \frac{100}{128}$

$\sf\rightarrow x = 500$

Therefore, 500 is the cost of shopkeeper.