RRB RPF RPSF SI and CONS Model Papers 5 with solutions

Question : 70 of 119

Marks: +1, -0

A man sells an article at 5% above the cost price. If he had bought it at 5% less than what he paid for it and sold it for ₹ 2 less, he would have gained 10%. The cost price of the article is

₹ 250
₹ 400
₹ 200
₹ 350

Validate

Solution:

(2) Let the cost price of the article be ₹ x, then
110% of 95% of x (105% of x) 2
⇒

{110}/{100}×{95}/{100} × x= ( {105}/{100} × x )-2

⇒

10450 x=10500 x-20000

⇒

x= {20000}/{50}=₹ 400

Go to Question:

Prev Question

Next Question