UPSC Government Jobs Exams Numerical Ability Profit and Loss

the manufacturer of an article make a profit of 25% the wholesale dealer makes a profit of 20% and retailer makes a profit of 28%, find the manufacturing price of the article of the retailer soli it for Rs48

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Manufacturing price is ₹25.
SP for retailes = 48 and profit % =28,
Hence, (SP-CP)/CP *100 =Profit%
CP for retailer will be the SP for dealer and CP for dealer willbe the SP for manufacturer.
Hence Successively calculating in the order specified above we can arrive at the cost price of manufacturing.CPr=37.5 , CPd=31.25 , CPm=25
ans ₹25
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