An item was sold for $R s . 540$ at a loss of $5 %$ . What was its cost price.

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Given: S.P $= R s . 540$
Loss $% = 5 %$
$C . P = \frac{100}{100 - L o s s %} \times S . P$
$= \frac{100}{100 - 5} \times 540$
$= \frac{100}{95} \times 540$ [cancelling $540$ and $95$ by $5$ ]
$= \frac{100}{19} \times 108$
$= R s . 568.42$
Hence, C.P was $R s . 568.42.$

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An item was sold for Rs. 540 at a loss of 5%. What was its cost price.

Given: S.P =Rs. 540Loss %=5%C.P=100100−Loss%×S.P=100100−5×540=10095×540 [cancelling 540 and 95 by 5]=10019×108=Rs. 568.42Hence, C.P was Rs. 568.42.

An item was sold for $R s . 540$ at a loss of $5 %$ . What was its cost price.

Given: S.P $= R s . 540$
Loss $% = 5 %$
$C . P = \frac{100}{100 - L o s s %} \times S . P$
$= \frac{100}{100 - 5} \times 540$
$= \frac{100}{95} \times 540$ [cancelling $540$ and $95$ by $5$ ]
$= \frac{100}{19} \times 108$
$= R s . 568.42$
Hence, C.P was $R s . 568.42.$