Math, asked by swathi1431, 1 year ago

the sale price of an article including the sales tax is 616 rupees the rate of sales tax is 10% If a shopkeeper has made a profit of 12% on the cost price of the article is

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Answered by atharv1471
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Here S.P=₹616, profit=12%
Then C.P
=
 \frac{100}{100 + profit\%}  \times cp
 \frac{100}{100 + 12}  \times 616

swathi1431: by why cant we take sales tax rate
atharv1471: here c.p is including tax price
atharv1471: if you want it without tax,there is another method
swathi1431: but i dont understand
atharv1471: can you ask this ques again
swathi1431: hmm wait
swathi1431: rate of sales tax is 10%
swathi1431: in ur method i got the ans as 550/- but the actual ans is 500 plz can u expln
atharv1471: ₹500 is without sales tax and 550 is with sales tax
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