Question

The price of defected piece of shirt is reduced by $12\%$. If its present price is $Rs352$ find its original price.

Answer 1

Let the original price be $xRs$ ,

Percentage decrease in price of shirt= $12\%$

$decreaseinprice=\frac{12}{100}x=\frac{3x}{25}$

$Presentprice=x-\frac{3x}{25}=\frac{22x}{25}$

But given present price is $Rs352$

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{22x}{25}=352 \\ x=\frac{352\times 25}{22} \\ x=400Rs \end{gathered}$$

Therefore , the original price was $Rs400$.