Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Profit and Loss · Exam: 2006 · Marks: · Difficulty:
A shopkeeper sold an air-conditioner for ₹ 25935 with a discount of 9\% and earned a profit of 3.74\%. What would have been the percentage of profit if no discount were offered?
(a)12.3\%
(b)15.6\%
(c)16\%
(d)None of these
Answer
Answer (as printed): D
Explanation
S.P. $=₹ 25935$. Let marked price be ₹ $x$. Then, $91 \%$ of $x=25935 \Rightarrow x=\left(\frac{25935 \times 100}{91}\right)=28500$.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.