A new car loses $10 %$ of its value in the first year. What is the price of the car when it was new, if its value is $R s .172000$ after one year

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Let original value be $R s . x$ . Then,

$x - \frac{10}{100} x = 172000$

$\Rightarrow x - \frac{x}{10} = 172000$

$\Rightarrow 9 x = 1720000$

$∴ x = \frac{1720000}{9} = R s . 191111.11$

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A new car loses 10% of its value in the first year. What is the price of the car when it was new, if its value is Rs.172000 after one year

Let original value be Rs.x. Then,x−10100x=172000⇒x−x10=172000⇒9x=1720000∴x=17200009=Rs.191111.11

A new car loses $10 %$ of its value in the first year. What is the price of the car when it was new, if its value is $R s .172000$ after one year

Let original value be $R s . x$ . Then,

$x - \frac{10}{100} x = 172000$

$\Rightarrow x - \frac{x}{10} = 172000$

$\Rightarrow 9 x = 1720000$

$∴ x = \frac{1720000}{9} = R s . 191111.11$