The selling price of an article is ₹ 150 . Find the profit percentage, if the cost price of the article is 82.5% of the selling price.
Given:
Selling Price (SP) = ₹ 150
Cost Price (CP) = 82.5% of SP
Formula Used:
Profit = SP - CP
Profit Percentage = × 100
Solution:
Find the relation between SP and CP:
CP = 0.825 × SP
Calculate the profit in terms of SP:
Profit = SP - 0.825 × SP = 0.175 × SP
Calculate the Profit Percentage:
Profit % =
Profit % =
=
Final Answer
So the correct answer is (c)
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A shopkeeper offers the following four schemes.
A) Two successive discounts of 28% and 28%
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D) Two successive discounts of 27% and 26%
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