Question

Short answer type (11) questions
1
(i) A shopkeeper sells an article at a loss of 12 - %. When he sold the article for
2
51.80 more, he would have earned a profit of 6%. Determine the CP of the
article.
(i) A new car costs 560000. Its price depreciates at the rate of 10% a year during
the first two years and at the rate of 20% a year there after. What will be the
price of the car after 3 yr?
(ii) Ajay bought a shirt for 336, including 12% VAT and a neck-tie for 110
including 10% VAT. Find the printed price (without VAT) of shirt and neck-tie
together
Can you please solve this with full method.​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

⇒ Let C.P. be Rs.x.

Loss of 12.5% means S.P. of 100%−12.5%=87.5%

⇒ Then, (106%ofx)−(87

2

1

%ofx)=51.80

⇒ 18

2

1

%ofx=51.80

⇒ x=

37

51.80×100×2

=Rs.280