SSC CHSL 12 Aug 2021 Shift 3 Paper

Section: Quantitative Aptitude

Question : 72 of 99

Marks: +1, -0

A shopkeeper sold an article for

₹ 3750

. If he had charged

24 \%

less, even then he would have earned a profit of

14 \%

. What is the original cost of the article?

Solution:

According to the question,
Original cost price of the article

\;\; =3750 × \;{(100-24)}/{100} × \;{100}/{(100+14)}

\;\; =3750 × \;{76}/{100} × \;{100}/{114}

\;\; =₹ 2500

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