SOLUTION: A lady buys sofa at 20% discount. If She had gotten 25% discount she would have got ₹1000 more discount. At What price the lady buys a sofa?

Question 1106147: A lady buys sofa at 20% discount. If She had gotten 25% discount she would have got ₹1000 more discount. At What price the lady buys a sofa?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sofa is x units of price
.8x is cost of 20% discounted sofa
.75x is cost of 25% discounted sofa
the discount is .2x and .25x is $1000 more
therefore .2x+1000=.25x
.05x=1000
x=20,000 units of price.
20% discounted is 16,000
25% discounted is 15,000, which is a 1000 increase in the discount.
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SOLUTION: A lady buys sofa at 20% discount. If She had gotten 25% discount she would have got &#8377;1000 more discount. At What price the lady buys a sofa?

SOLUTION: A lady buys sofa at 20% discount. If She had gotten 25% discount she would have got ₹1000 more discount. At What price the lady buys a sofa?