Question

Jaipal purchased articles for 3200 and sold one-fourth of it at a loss of 10% and one-half of it at a gain of 5%. Find the selling price of the remaining articles to gain 20% on the whole​

Answer 1

Answer :

Rupees 1440

Step-by-step explanation:

First he sold 1/4 means articles of RS 800 at 10% loss means at RS 720

Then remain articles of of rupees 2400 he sold one half of it means articles of rupees 1200 at 5% gain so he sold at 1260 now the remaining articles are of 1200 and he gained 20% so the selling price will be 1440.