Question

The owner of a television shop charges his customer 16% more than the cost price.If a customer paid Rs 16588 for a television,then what was the cost price of the television?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Your ans is 14300Rs.

Step-by-step explanation:

here,

let the cp of television be x,

now,

we have,

sp=16588Rs

profit%=16%

now,

sp=cp+p%of cp

or,16588=x+16/100*x

or,16588=116x/100

or,1658800=116x

or,1658800/116=x

or,x=14300Rs

therefore x=cp=14300Rs

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