Question

The marked price of an article is
*840. A shopkeeper gives a discount
of 15% on the marked price and still
makes a profit of 19%. What is the
cost price of the article ?​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

by selling an article at a discount of 15% the shopkeeper still making profit of 19%. this mean the total profit he is making on an article is 19%+15%=34%

34% of 840 is

840•34/100 = 285.6

285.6 is the total profit amount

C.P of article = Total amount - profit amount

CP of article= 840 - 285.6

CP of an article is 554.4

Answer 2

Answer:

580

Step-by-step explanation:

840 - 15% of 840 = 714

714 - 19% of 714 = ~ 579