Sai purchased a DVD player at an additional 20% discount on the reduced price after deducting 40% on the labelled price. If the labelled price of the DVD player was Rs. 5600, then at what price did he purchase the DVD player? Answer : Let the labelled price be Rs. 100 Reduced price = (100 – 40)% of 100 = Rs. 60 20% additional discount = 20% of 60 = Rs. 12 Net CP = 60 – 12 = Rs. 48 Therefore, sai’s cost price = 5600/100 *48 = Rs. 2688...
Preethi owns lenova mobile in a showroom. she labelled the price of mobile to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. she sold the mobile by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned? Answer : Let the CP of mobile= Rs 100 Then the labeled price= Rs.120 SP= Rs. 120-10%of 120 = RS120-12= Rs 108 Gain= Rs 108- Rs 100 = Rs 8 Gain%= 8/100*100=8%...
Bharani sells a novel at a gain of 40%. if he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 70 more which equals to 350% of CP. The CP of the novel is Answer : Let CP= x SP= 140x/100 = 14x/10 CP= 80% 0f x= 8x/10 then, SP =14x/10+70 14x/10 + 70= 350%of 8x/10 14x/10+70=350/100*8x/10=28x/10 70=28x/10-14x/10 70=14x/10 X=700/14 X=50 ...
The ratio of the cost price of product A to that of B is 5:7. product A was sold at a profit of 80% and product B was sold at a profit of 20%. If the total profit earned after selling both the (products A and B is Rs 296) what is the difference between the cost prices of product A and B? Answer : CP of product A= 5X CP of product B=7x Total price = (5x*0.8)+(7x*0.2) =296 4X+1.4X=296 5.4X=296 x=54.81=55(approx.) difference of the CP= 7x-5x=2x=2*55 = Rs. 110...
Sridevi sells an article at a profit of 50%. If she had bought it at 40% less and sold it for Rs.21.50 less, She would have gained 60%. Find the cost price of the article. Answer : 1st selling price=150% of x = 150x/100 = 15x/10 New Cost price=60% of x = 60x/100 = 6x/10 2nd selling price = 160% of 6x/10 = 160/100 * 6x/10 = 96x/100 Therefore 15x/10 – 96x/100 = Rs.21.50 X=Rs.39.81 Therefore cost price of the article = Rs.40 (approx.)...
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