Student 922

CAT Preparation Community 3y ago

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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Keerthiswaran G 3y ago

2070

bharath 3y ago

3060

Shaurya Sharma 3y ago

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

JITHIN LAL 3y ago

2070

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