Question

A shopkeeper marks up price of his product by 40%.if he increases the discount from 5 to 10 %,the product would decreases by rs14.how much profit would he earn,if he gives a discount of 20% as marked price?

Answer 1

If the original price was x, then

1.4x*.95 - 1.4x*.90 = 14
x = 200

1.4*200 - 1.4*200*.8 = 224
so, the profit would be 24, or 12%.

Answer 2

Evaluate each expression using the Order of Operations.