Question

On selling an item for 24560 rupees a loss of 5% occured how much should he sell to gain 6%

Answer 1

Answer:

Given:

on selling an item for 24560, a loss of 5% occurred

To find:

for how much should he sell it to gain 6% ?

Solution:

sp=24560

loss=5%

so,

cp=100/95×24560

cp=1.05263×24560

cp=25852.63

now cp RS 25852.63

gain 6%

sp=106/100×26852.63

sp=27403.78

Extra information:

.gain=sp-cp

.loss=cp-sp

.gain%=gain×100/cp

.loss%=loss×100/cp

Hope this will help you..