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| Question 1092276:  How much must a dealer mark his goods so that, after allowing a discount of 25% on the market price, he gain 20%,  if the cost of the goods is rs15000❓
 Found 3 solutions by  richwmiller, greenestamps, QueenJeyn:
 Answer by richwmiller(17219)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! .75m=1.2c c=15000
 .75m=1.2*15000
 .75m=18000
 m=4/3*18000
 m=rs 24000
 check
 give 25% discount on  24000=18000
 .2*15000=3000
 18000=15000+3000
 ok
 
Answer by greenestamps(13209)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! The cost is 15000, and you want to sell with a profit of 20%.  That is, you want the selling price to be 120% of your cost.
 
 15000 * 1.20 = 18000
 
 The selling price needs to be 18000.
 
 If you want to mark the item with a 25% discount, then the selling price of 18000 must be 75% of the marked price.
 
 .75x = 18000  -->  (3/4)x = 18000  -->  x = 18000(4/3) = 24000
 
 You should mark the price as 24000.
Answer by QueenJeyn(1)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A dealer must sell his goods for 24,000 each so if he ever gives a 20% discount, the net price will be 18,000. Net price minus cost equals the profit worth 3,000.
 3,000 is 20% of the cost as given in the problem.
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