Question
A shopkeeper sold an article at a discount of 17%. If he
had given a discount of 9% in place of 17%, then he would have earned Rs. 108 more. If the cost price of the article is 20% less than its marked price, then find the cost price of the article.Solution
Let the marked price of the article is Rs. ‘x’. According to the question; 0.91x – 0.83x = 108 Or, 0.08x = 108 Or, x = 108/0.08 = 1350 Cost price of the article = (80/100) × 1350 = Rs. 1080
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