Question

by selling a bicycle at Rs 1334 , a shopkeeper would suffer a lose of 8 % . At how much amount should he sell it to make a profit of 25/2..

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Answer 1

Given:
Selling bicycle :Rs 1334
Suffer from lose amount:8%
$1334 \times 100 \times 8$
:1067200

$1067200 \div 100$
:106.72
:then selling price + loss price
1334+106.72=1440.72
if 25/2=12.5
then 1440.72+12.5=1453.22Rs he sold then his got profit 25/2