A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and

Q: Answer-A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 150% above its cost price and sold it af...

Selling price of the article a 4a5 Rs. 9a5 So, 9a5 2.5 a 540 0.80 Or, 1.8a 2.5a 540 0.80 Or, 2.25a 2.5a 540 Or, 0.25a 540 Or, a 2160 So, marked price of the article 2.5 2160 Rs. 5400

marked it 150% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 540 and 20%, respectively and earned a profit of Rs. 4a/5. Find the marked price of the article.

A Rs. 5400

B Rs. 7680

C Rs. 2500

D Rs. 2250

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