Problem: the owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 42 % more than the cost price . if a customer paid rs . 8300 for a computer table , then what was the cost price of the computer table ?
Rationale: cp = sp * ( 100 / ( 100 + profit % ) ) = 8300 ( 100 / 142 ) = rs . 5845 . answer : b
annotated_formula: divide(8300, add(const_1, divide(42, const_100)))