Q 17 A factory sells coir foam mattress to an agent at a profit of 20% The agent again sell - Maths - Comparing Quantities

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Q 17 A factory sells coir foam mattress to an agent at a
profit of 20% The agent again sell it at wholesale rate to a
shopkeeper at a profit of 10% The Shopkeeper sells it at a retail
price , making a profit of 12 5% Find:
(i) The wholesale price of the mattress , which costs the
manufacturer Rs 1500;
(ii) The retail price of the same mattress
â€‹(iii) The %age of profit the manufacturer
would make , if he sells a mattress to the customer directly at the
shopkeeper's rate

â€‹Q 18 A sells some articles to B at a profit of
5% , B Sells the same to C at a profit of 20% and C sells them to D
at a profit of 25% What would A's %age of profit be, if he sold the
articles directly to D , at the price D paid for them?

Santanu Sahoo · Answer

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Solution 17)

Manufacturer sell mattresses at profit =20•/•
Profit of manufacturer = (20/100) ×1500
=Rs 300
Total price = 300+1500
= Rs 1800

Manufacturer sells to agent at= Rs 1800
profit of agent =10•/•
amount of profit =(10/100)×1800
=Rs 180
Wholesale price of mattresse = 1500+300+180
=Rs 1900

Agent sells to shopkeeper at = Rs 1900
profit of shopkeeper =12 5•/•
amount of profit = (12 5/100)×1900
= Rs 237 5
Retail price =1900+237 5
=Rs 2137 5

Total profit if manufacturer directly sells
at shpkeeper's rate =300+180+237 5
=Rs 717 5
profit percentage =(717 5/2137 5)×100
= 33 3•/•

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