By selling a wooden table of a loss of $20 %$ a shopkeeper makes a loss of $R s 90$ . Find its
(i) Selling price
(ii) Cost price

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Loss % $= \frac{L o s s}{c o s t + P r i c e} \times 100 \Rightarrow \frac{20}{100} = \frac{90}{C . P} \Rightarrow C . P = 90 \times 5 = r s . 450$
Loss = cost price - selling price
$\Rightarrow s e l l i n g p r i c e = 450 - 90 = R s . 360$

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By selling a wooden table of a loss of 20% a shopkeeper makes a loss of Rs90. Find its(i) Selling price(ii) Cost price

Loss % =Losscost+Price×100⇒20100=90C.P⇒C.P=90×5=rs.450Loss = cost price - selling price⇒sellingprice=450−90=Rs.360

By selling a wooden table of a loss of $20 %$ a shopkeeper makes a loss of $R s 90$ . Find its
(i) Selling price
(ii) Cost price

Loss % $= \frac{L o s s}{c o s t + P r i c e} \times 100 \Rightarrow \frac{20}{100} = \frac{90}{C . P} \Rightarrow C . P = 90 \times 5 = r s . 450$
Loss = cost price - selling price
$\Rightarrow s e l l i n g p r i c e = 450 - 90 = R s . 360$