Deepali has bought a sofa set for Rs 14,500. There is an additional expense of Rs 500 on it. Since she did not like the sofa set, she sold it bearing a loss of 8.5%. For how much did she sell the sofa set?

R s 10, 725

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R s 11, 725

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R s 13, 725

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is D $R s 13, 725$
Original price =100
then
14500+500 = 15000
total cost = 15000
loss = 8.5%
then,
$Total SP=[(100-Loss%)/100](Cost price)$
$= (91.5 / 100) 15000$
$= 91.5 * 150$
$= 13725$

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