Question

by selling an article at 2/5 of the marked price, there is a loss of 25%.The ratio of the marked price and the cost price of the article is :

Answer 1

let mp =500
sp=2/5×500=200
loss=25%
cp=200×100/75=800/3
mp/cp=500/800×3=15:8
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Answer 2

Ratio of cost price and market price is  8 : 15

Step-by-step explanation:

Let, the market price is Rs.100/-

Sold an article at 2/5 of the market price,

Thus ,

Selling price = $100\times \frac{2}{5}$

                     = 40

Loss of 25 % then, 75 % = 40

                                100 % = $\frac{40}{75}\times 100$

                                 100 % = $\frac{160}{3}$

So,

The ratio of cost price and market price, 160 : 100

= 8 : 15