II. Notice: -Clearence sales-. "From 01.03.2008 to 01.04.2008 Discount upto 20%" Suva Textiles. During this period Seelan bought a pair of Trousers and Shirt for Rs.3000. a) Find the normal selling price of that dresses. b) If that establishement marked the price of the dresses making a profit of 50% on the cost price, find the actual profit the establish- ment made on the sale.
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Since the discount is up to 20%, we can assume that the discounted price is 80% of the original price. Let's represent the original price as x. 80% of x = Rs. 3000 0.8x = 3000 Dividing both sides by 0.8, we get: x = 3000 / 0.8 x = Rs. 3750 Show more…
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