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an article was sold at certain price. by selling it one- third of the of that price the loss incurred would be 20% find the gain on the original price
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let the cp = x rs
let it is sold at y rs
bt when it is sold at y/3 rs , 20% loss incurred
sp=80%*x
or y/3=80x/100=or y=12x/5 rs
so when it will be sold at y rs
the gain percent is( (y-x)/x)*100
=[(12x/5)-x]*100/x
=140%
let it is sold at y rs
bt when it is sold at y/3 rs , 20% loss incurred
sp=80%*x
or y/3=80x/100=or y=12x/5 rs
so when it will be sold at y rs
the gain percent is( (y-x)/x)*100
=[(12x/5)-x]*100/x
=140%
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