Question

wg a discount of
s allowing a discount of 20% on his goods, how much percent above the cost price
should he mark his goods, so that after allowing a discount on the marked price, he gains 25%
5. What is the single discount equivalent to tun mam​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let us take cp = 100 now sp = 100 +25% of 100 = 100 + 25 = 125 now take mp = x according to the question x - discount = sp , x - 20%of x = 125 , x - x/5 = 125 , 4x/5 = 125 , x = 156.25 so mp =156.25 therefore he have mark 56.25% more than cp . Hope it will help you