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Maths Puzzle
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A shopkeeper increases the price of his article by 60% but gives a discount of x% so that he has a net profit of 36% . by selling it for Rs 1008 . find x .
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- x=15 % discount
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- 15 %
cost price suppose 100y
60 p.c. increase =160y
x% discount= 160y×(x /100)
Profit= 36%
160 y- (160y × x/100) = 136 y
Solving this y= 15.
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