Question
A shopkeeper sold an article after giving a discount of 20% and made a profit of Rs. 70. Find the marked price of the article if cost price of the article is Rs. 600.
Solution
Selling price of the article = 600 + 70 = Rs. 670 Marked price of the article = 670/0.8 = Rs. 837.5
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