Question

By selling a purse for Rs. 400 instead of
Rs. 500, loss percent increases by 5%.
What is the cost price of the purse?​

Answer 1

Answer:-

→Cost price= ₹ 2000

Step - by - step explanation:-

Find:-

→Cost price =?

Solution:-

Let cost price = x

Then ,

$\bf{\frac{500 - 400}{x} = \frac{5}{100} }\\ \\ \bf{100 \times 100 = 5x} \\ \\ \bf{ 5x = 10000 }\\ \\ \red{ \bf{ x = 2000}} \\ \\ \bf{cost \: price \: = 2000}$

Answer 2

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Given question:-

By selling a purse for Rs. 400 instead of

Rs. 500, loss percent increases by 5%.

Find:-

What is the cost price of the purse?

Hence:-

Let y be the cost price.

So,

$\sf = \frac{500 - 400}{y} = \frac{5}{100 } \\ \sf = 100 \times 100 = 500 = 5y \\ \sf = 5y = 10000 \\ \sf = y = 2000$

Therefore , 2,000 is the cost price of purse.