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SSC CGL Tier-1 18-Aug-2021 Shift 2 Solved Paper
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Question : 71
Total: 100
A shopkeeper marked every item
25
%
above the cost price and allowed
10
%
discount. Shruti being a regular customer got
5
%
additional discount on the bill and paid ₹ 2394 for the item purchased. What is the cost price of the item (in ₹)?
2240
2440
2220
2420
Validate
Solution:
According to the question discount is
10
%
and the
5
%
more :
Then, Total discount
=
10
+
5
−
10
×
5
100
[
x
+
y
−
x
y
100
]
%
=
15
−
0.5
=
14.5
%
Given, Selling price
=
₹
2394
Let
M
P
=
₹
x
We know that,
S
P
=
M
P
×
(
100
−
d
%
100
)
(
100
−
14.5
)
100
×
x
=
2394
⇒
85.5
100
x
=
2394
⇒
x
=
2394
×
100
85.5
⇒
x
=
₹
2800
Profit is
25
%
,
Then,
125
100
C
P
=
S
P
=
2800
[
∵
S
P
=
C
P
×
(
100
+
P
%
100
)
]
∴
C
P
=
2800
125
×
100
=
₹
2240
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