Question

Radha purchased a cosmetic item at 5 % discount. If she got the discount amount of

Rs 74, at what price did she purchase the item?
200 uhon VAT of 13% is levied​

Answer 1

She purchased the item at a price of Rs 1,406.

Explanation:

5% of discount:

This means that she paid 100% - 5% = 95% = 0.95 of the original price of x, that is, 0.95x, and 0.05x was the discount.

Original price:

She got the discount amount of Rs 74.

74 is 5% of the original price, that is:

`0.05x = 74`

`x = (74)/(0.05)`

`x = 1480`

What price she purchased:

74 subtracted from the original price, that is, x - 74. So 1480 - 74 = 1406.

She purchased the item at a price of Rs 1,406.