Question

The Marked price of an article is rupees 5000 if after giving a discount of 10 %, a trader still get a profit of 12 1 by 2 percent find the cost price of an article

Answer 1

let cost price of article is X then
selling price = cost price + profit or loss
here after discount selling price is = 5000-10% discount on marked price (5000)=4500
4500=X+(12.5/100)*X so X=4000
henc cost price =4000