Question
A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and
marked it 25% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 2800. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 2,000 more than that of article ‘A’ while selling price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 200 more than that of ‘A’. Find the cost price of article ‘A’ if article ‘B’ is sold at a discount of 20%.Solution
Selling price of article ‘B’ = 200 + 2800 = Rs. 3,000 Marked price of article ‘B’ = 3000/0.80 = Rs. 3750 Marked price of article ‘A’ = 3750 – 2000 = Rs. 1750 Cost price of article ‘A’ = 1750/1.25 = Rs. 1,400
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