Question

on increasing the price of an article by 16 percent,it becomes rs. 1479.what was its original price?

Answer 1

Let the original price of the article is x.
Then 16% of original price is =x*16/100.
Then after increasing it
becomes=x+x*16/100
=x*116/100
So,
x*116/100=1479
or,x=1479*100/116
or,x=1479/100
or,x=1275 (ans)

Answer 2

Solution :-

Let the price of the article be Rs. 'x'

According to the question.

x + (x*16)/100 = 1479

⇒ x/1 + 4x/25 = 1479

Taking L.C.M. of the denominators and then solving it.

⇒ (25x + 4x)/25 = 1479

⇒ 29x/25 = 1479

⇒ 29x = 1479*25

⇒ x = 36975/29

⇒ x = 1275

So, the original price of the article is Rs. 1275

Answer.