Question

A shopkeeper increased the price of an article by $25\%$.

If the original price of the article is $₹125$,find the new price of the article.

Answer 1

Step 1.Finding the increased price of article

Original price $=₹125$

Percentage increase in the price$=25\%$

Percentage converts into a fraction on dividing it by $100$ $$

Amount get increased$=\frac{25}{100}\times 125$

$=₹31.25$

Step 2. Calculating the new price of the article

New price of the article$=$Original price$+$Increased amount

$=125+31.25$

$=₹156.25$

Hence the new price of the article is $₹156.25$