Question

On increasing the price of an article by $16$ it became $Rs.14.79.$ what was the original price.

Answer 1

Let the original price of article be $Rs.x$.

After increasing the price by $16\%$, the price became $Rs.14.79$.

Therefore,

$x+\frac{16}{100}\times x=14.79$

$x+0.16x=14.79$

$\Rightarrow x=\frac{14.79}{1.16}=12.75$

Thus the original price of article was $Rs.12.75$.

Hence the correct answer is $12.75$.