Question

Surav sold an article at a loss of 10%.if the sp is increased by rs 100,there would be gain of 15%.the cost price of article was

Answer 1

Answer:

ANSWER

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

Then S.P. at a loss of 10%

100

x×90

= Rs.

100

90x

S.P. at a gain of 12

2

1

%=

100

x×112.5

= Rs.

100

112.5x

Given,

100

112.5x

−

100

90x

=9

⇒

100

22.5x

=9

⇒x=

22.5

900

= Rs. 40

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