Question

mr. a sells a bicycle to mr. b at a profit of 20parsent and mr.b sells it to mr.C at a profit of 25 par sent if mr. c pays rupees 1500 what did mr. a pay for it

Answer 1

let sell price =100 , then 20%of 100=20, so mr a has profit. of (100+20)=120. let the sell price for c= 25% of120=30 ,so the money is 120+30=150 ,money paid by c=1500 so money paid by a=1500-150=1350then1350-120=1230, answer is 1230