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A person bought a horse and a carriage for Rs. 20000. Later, he sold the horse at 20% profit
and the carriage at 10% loss. Thus, he gained 2% in the whole transaction. The cost price of the
horse was
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- 8000 Rs.
If cost price of horse=h & carriage=c, then
h+c=20000 ---(i) &
(120/100)*h+(90/100)*c=(102/100)*20000 or 1.2h+0.9c=20400 ---(ii)
On solving (i) & (ii), c=12000, h=8000 - 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- -20-10+200/100= -28%
- 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(1)
- +20% -10%
+2%
12 : 18
2 : 3
:. horse cost price = (2/5)*20000=8000 - 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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