Question

Ram sells a book to Hari at a profit of 25% and Hari sells it to Gopal at a profit of 20%.if Gopal pays 300 for it, what did a pay for the same

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the C.P. of the table be Rs. x.

Then, S.P. of the table at 20% profit=

100

120

×Rs.x=Rs

5

6x

C.P. of the table at 10% loss =

100

90

×Rs.x=Rs

10

9x

S.P. of the table at 35% profit now=

100

135

×Rs

10

9x

Then according to the question

5

6x

+105=

100

135

×

10

9x

⇒

5

6x

+105=

200

243

x

⇒

200

243

x−

5

6

x=105

⇒(

200

243−240

)x=105

⇒x=

3

105×200

=Rs.7000.

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