The marked price of a television set is $R s 28, 600$ . After allowing a discount of $25 %$ , the dealer still makes a profit of $10 %$ . Find the cost price of the television set.

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Solution

Given:

Marked price, $M P = R s . 28600$

Discount

Profit

Therefore,

Selling price, $S P = 28600 - 28600 \times \frac{25}{100} = 28600 - 7150 = R s . 21450$

Therefore,

Cost price, $C P = 21450 \times \frac{100}{110} = R s . 19500$

Hence, this is the cost price of the television set.

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The marked price of a television set is Rs 28,600. After allowing a discount of 25%, the dealer still makes a profit of 10%. Find the cost price of the television set.

Given: Marked price, MP=Rs. 28600 Discount Profit Therefore, Selling price, SP=28600−28600×25100=28600−7150=Rs. 21450 Therefore, Cost price, CP=21450×100110=Rs. 19500 Hence, this is the cost price of the television set.

The marked price of a television set is $R s 28, 600$ . After allowing a discount of $25 %$ , the dealer still makes a profit of $10 %$ . Find the cost price of the television set.

Given:

Marked price, $M P = R s . 28600$

Discount

Profit

Therefore,

Selling price, $S P = 28600 - 28600 \times \frac{25}{100} = 28600 - 7150 = R s . 21450$

Therefore,

Cost price, $C P = 21450 \times \frac{100}{110} = R s . 19500$

Hence, this is the cost price of the television set.