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Maths Puzzle
A person sold his watch for 96 $ and got some percentage of profit which was numerically equal to the cost
price. What is the cost price of the watch
a) 50 $ b) 54 $ c) 60 $ d) 80 $
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- 60$ is the answer
because we know that costprice=soldprice-profit so,apply the given data in the relation we get,
C.P=96$-C.P*(C.P/100)
Solving this equation we get C.P as 60$ - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(13) No(2)
- c)60$
let cp b 60 so profit will also b 60%
60*60%profit=96
so,60*160/100=96..... - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(3)
- (sellingprice/actualprice)*100=(96/60)*100%=160% i.e 60% is profit and is numerically equaled with actual price
- 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(3)
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