Question

by selling an article for rs 1140,a loss of 8% inccured.find the price at which the article must be sold in order to gain 12%

Answer 1

loss is 8 percent
so if price of article is 100 then it should be sell on 92 rs

here selling p is 1140
so 100-92
? -1140
100×1140/92=1239.13

to get 12 percent profit article should be sold on 112 rs for 100
so. 100-112
1239.13-?
112×1239.13 / 100= 1387.8256 rs

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