Nishant sold his scooter for Rs. 24150 making a profit of 15 $%$ . Find the price of the scooter .

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Solution

Given that,
Nishant sold his scooter for $R s . 24150$ .
He made aprofit of $15 %$ .

To find out,
The price of the scooter.
We know that, $C P = \frac{100}{100 + p r o f i t %} \times S P$

Here, $S P = R s . 24150 a n d p r o f i t % = 15$

$∴ C P = \frac{100}{100 + 15} \times 24150$

$= \frac{100}{115} \times 24150$

$= R s . 21000$

Hence, the price of the scooter is $R s . 21000$ .

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Nishant sold his scooter for Rs. 24150 making a profit of 15%. Find the price of the scooter .

Given that,Nishant sold his scooter for Rs. 24150.He made aprofit of 15%.To find out,The price of the scooter.We know that, CP=100100+profit%×SPHere, SP=Rs. 24150 and profit%=15∴ CP=100100+15×24150=100115×24150=Rs. 21000Hence, the price of the scooter is Rs. 21000.

Nishant sold his scooter for Rs. 24150 making a profit of 15 $%$ . Find the price of the scooter .