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Question : 66
Total: 80
Marked price of an article is
₹
250
more than cost price of that article and it is sold at a discount of
15
%
on marked price. Find the cost price of the article if the profit percent earned is
27.5
%
?
₹ 600
₹ 550
₹ 500
₹ 750
₹ 900
Validate
Solution:
Let, the Marked Price (MP) of an article = ₹ 100x
Then, Selling Price (SP) = ₹ 85x
CP
=
(
100
100
+
profit
%
)
×
SP
=
₹
(
100
100
+
27.5
)
×
85
x
=
Rs
.
200
3
x
According to the questions,
100
x
−
200
3
x
=
250
x = 7.5
∴ CP of article
=
200
3
×
7.5
=
Rs
.
500
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