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During a special sale, the shop assistant was supposed to reduce the marked price of each article by 15%. For a particular item, he made a mistake and increased the marked price by 15%. Consequently for that item, the customer had to pay Rs. 540 more than what he would have paid if the price was correctly reduced by 15%. What was the price paid by the customer
During a special sale, the shop assistant was supposed to reduce the marked price of each article by 15%. For a particular item, he made a mistake and increased the marked price by 15%. Consequently for that item, the customer had to pay Rs. 540 more than what he would have paid if the price was correctly reduced by 15%. What was the price paid by the customer
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Let Marked price be x. 0.85x price to which he was supposed to reduce, 1.15x price to which he increased by mistake, difference -> 1.15x-0.85x=540 x= 1800 . 1.15x= 1.15 x 1800 = 2070 ans
