what is the costprice of a televisionset where the profit is one-fourth of the cost price and the selling price - Maths - Speed

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what is the costprice of a televisionset where the profit is
one-fourth of the cost price and the selling price is $12500

Varun.Rawat · Accepted Answer

I am using Rs in place of dollar sign

We have SP = Rs12500Let the CP =Rs xProfit = SP - CP⇒x4 =
12500 - x⇒5x4 = 12500⇒x = Rs10000

what is the costprice of a televisionset where the profit is one-fourth of the cost price and the selling price is $12500