Find the selling price of a towel of Rs. $50$ when a sales tax of $5 %$ is added to it.

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Given
Marked Price $= R s .50$
Tax $= 5$ %

Selling price $=$ Marked Price $+$ Tax

$= R s . (50 + \frac{5}{100} \times 50)$
$= R s . 52.5$

$∴$ selling price of towel is $R s .52 .5$

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Find the selling price of a towel of Rs. 50 when a sales tax of 5% is added to it.

GivenMarked Price =Rs.50 Tax =5% Selling price = Marked Price + Tax =Rs.(50+5100×50) =Rs.52.5 ∴ selling price of towel is Rs.52.5

Find the selling price of a towel of Rs. $50$ when a sales tax of $5 %$ is added to it.

Given
Marked Price $= R s .50$
Tax $= 5$ %

Selling price $=$ Marked Price $+$ Tax

$= R s . (50 + \frac{5}{100} \times 50)$
$= R s . 52.5$

$∴$ selling price of towel is $R s .52 .5$