Madhav sold a toy car at a loss of 5%. Had it been sold for 30 more, he would have gain 10%. Find
its cost price.

Question

Madhav sold a toy car at a loss of 5%. Had it been sold for 30 more, he would have gain 10%. Find its cost price.​

Samantha · Answer

toy sold for sold for 5% loss

if he would had sold for 30 more he would have gained 10% profit

Hence, (5+10)% directly implies to 30

that is 15% is 30 rupees

To find find cost price we need to find 100%

[tex]cost \: price = \frac{100 \times 30}{15} \\ = 200 \: rupees[/tex]

Madhav sold a toy car at a loss of 5%. Had it been sold for 30 more, he would have gain 10%. Findits cost price.​