Question

A table is sold at ₹1250 at a profit of 25%. What is the cost price of the table?

Answer 1

Let the cost price of table sold at 25% profit be x.
$125\%\text{of}x=1250$
$\Rightarrow \frac{125}{100}\times x=1250$
$\Rightarrow 1.25\times x=1250$
$\Rightarrow x=\frac{1250}{1.25}$
$\Rightarrow x=1000$

Hence, the cost price of the table is ₹1000.