Question

if a shopkeeper sells a pen for rs 80 ,he will incur a loss of rs 20.at what price should he sell it to make a profit of rs 20​

Answer 1

Answer:

120rs

because by selling at 80

there is loss of 20 then cost price is 100rs therefore by selling on 120 rs he would incurr profit of 20rs

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

He should sell it for Rs.120 to gain Rs. 20.

As he sells for Rs.80 he gets Rs. 20 loss .So 80 +20 =100

Now he don't have any loss.

But he want to gain Rs. 20 .So we add Rs. 20 to Rs. 100 to gain Rs. 20

Hence, answer is 120