Question
Amit purchased an article and marked it 60% above the
cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 15% for Rs. 1530. What will be the selling price of the article if a discount of 10% is given?Solution
ATQ, Let, cost price of the article is Rs. 100x Marked price = 1.60 × 100x = Rs. 160x Selling price of the article = 0.85 × 160x = Rs. 136x According to the question: 136x = 1530 So, x = 11.25 Desired selling price = 0.90 × 1.60 × 1125 = Rs. 1620
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