A trader wants to sell a watch at 25% profit. If its cost price was rs.x more, an extra profit of rs.50 would be made on it. Find x (in rs)
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The answer of this question would be, X=200
By following steps
25%of X= 50
or,X=200(ans.)
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9th Dec, 2019
Simran ;
We are looking after selling the watch at 25% profit.
If it is to cost X rs more we would need 25% of X to maintain the rate of profit.
The extra profit is 50 ; which is 25% of X.
Now, we can say
X* 25/100 = 50
X= 200
Therefore, the value of X is 200 rupees.
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