Subject

    Bank Exam

    Topic

    পূবালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড (জুনিয়র অফিসার) ৩০.০৯.২০২৩

    The sale price of an article, including the sales tax is Tk. 616. The rate of sales tax is 10%. If the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12% then the cost price of the article is

    ক)
    Tk. 500
    খ)
    Tk. 515
    গ)
    Tk. 550
    ঘ)
    Tk. 600

    Explanation

    Let, Cost price be x. Selling price = x + 12% of x = x + (12x/100) = 28x/25 ATQ, (28x/25) + 10% of (28x/25) = 616 ⇒ (28x/25) + (280x/2500) = 616 ⇒ (28x/25) + (14x/125) = 616 ⇒ (140x + 14x)/125 = 616 ⇒ 154x = 77000 ∴ x = 500 ∴ Cost price tk. 500.

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