mohit sold an article for $ 24000 . had he offered a discount of 10 % on the selling price , he would have earned a profit of 8 % . what is the cost price of the article ?
let the cp be $ x . had he offered 10 % discount , profit = 8 % profit = 8 / 100 x and hence his sp = x + 8 / 100 x = $ 1.08 x = 20000 - 10 / 100 ( 20000 ) = 20000 - 2000 = $ 21600 = > 1.08 x = 21600 = > x = 20000 b
multiply(divide(subtract(24000, divide(multiply(24000, 10), const_100)), add(const_100, 8)), const_100)