A shopkeeper makes a profit of 12.5% after allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price of an article. Find his profit percentage if the article is sold at the marked price, allowing no discount. |
25% 30% 22.5% 27% |
25% |
CP MP 100 - D% 100 + P% 100 - 10% 100 + 12.5% 90 112.5 Profit when no discount is allowed = 112.5 - 90 = 22.5 Profit % = 22.5 × \(\frac{100}{90}\) = 25% |