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By selling a book at Rs. 405 bookseller incurs a loss of 25%. Find the cost price of the book. - Mathematics and Statistics

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By selling a book at Rs. 405 bookseller incurs a loss of 25%. Find the cost price of the book.

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S.P. = ₹ 405

Loss% = 25

S.P., when there is a loss, is given by

S.P. = C.P. × `[1 - "loss%"/100]`

∴ 403 = C.P. × `[1 - 25/100]`

∴ 403 = `(100-25)/100 xx "C.P."`

∴ C.P. = `(405 xx 100)/75`

= `(405 xx 4)/3`

= 135 × 4

= 540

∴ The cost price of the book is  ₹ 540.

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पाठ 9: Commercial Mathematics - Exercise 9.2 [पृष्ठ १२७]

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पाठ 9 Commercial Mathematics
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