If sold an air conditioner at RS $1800$ at loss of $10 %$ . At what price should I have sold it to gain $10 %$ on the transaction ?

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$90 %$ of original price $= 1800$
Let original price $= x$
$\frac{90}{100} \times x = 1800 x = \frac{1800 \times 10}{9} = 2000 R s$

$∴ \frac{10}{100} \times 2000 = 200$
To get a gain of $10 %$ it should be sold at $2000 + 200 = 2200 R s$

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If sold an air conditioner at RS 1800 at loss of 10%. At what price should I have sold it to gain 10% on the transaction ?

90% of original price =1800Let original price =x90100×x=1800x=1800×109=2000 Rs∴10100×2000=200To get a gain of 10% it should be sold at 2000+200=2200 Rs

If sold an air conditioner at RS $1800$ at loss of $10 %$ . At what price should I have sold it to gain $10 %$ on the transaction ?

$90 %$ of original price $= 1800$
Let original price $= x$
$\frac{90}{100} \times x = 1800 x = \frac{1800 \times 10}{9} = 2000 R s$

$∴ \frac{10}{100} \times 2000 = 200$
To get a gain of $10 %$ it should be sold at $2000 + 200 = 2200 R s$