A trader sold a dress for Sh 7200, allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price. If the discount had not…

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A trader sold a dress for Sh 7200, allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price. If the discount had not been allowed, the trader would have made a profit of 25% on the sale of the dress. Calculate

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11. A trader sold a dress for Sh 7200, allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price. If the discount had not been allowed, the trader would have made a profit of 25% on the sale of the dress. Calculate the price at which the trader bought the dress.

Determine the marked price.
The selling price (SP) is Sh 7200 after a 10% discount on the marked price (MP).
This means the selling price is 90% of the marked price.
$0.90 \times \text{MP} = \text{Sh } 7200$ $\text{MP} = \frac{\text{Sh } 7200}{0.90}$ $\text{MP} = \text{Sh } 8000$
Calculate the selling price if no discount was allowed.
If no discount was allowed, the selling price would be the marked price.
So, the selling price without discount = Sh 8000.
Calculate the cost price (price at which the trader bought the dress).
If no discount was allowed, the trader would have made a profit of 25% on the sale. This means the selling price (without discount) is 125% of the cost price (CP).
$1.25 \times \text{CP} = \text{Sh } 8000$ $\text{CP} = \frac{\text{Sh } 8000}{1.25}$ $\text{CP} = \text{Sh } 6400$
The price at which the trader bought the dress is $\text{Sh } 6400$ .

A trader sold a dress for Sh 7200, allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price. If the discount had not been allowed, the trader would have made a profit of 25% on the sale of the dress. Calculate

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Determine the marked price.

Calculate the selling price if no discount was allowed.

Calculate the cost price (price at which the trader bought the dress).

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