Profit And Loss
Math MCQs

Question :    Noah loses 76% by selling an article for $878.40. For how much should he sell it to get a profit of 75%?

Correct Answer  6405

Solution & Explanation

Strategy to solve the question

Step (1) Calculate the cost price at given loss percent and the sale price.

Step (2) After gettting the cost price find the sale price at given profit percent.

Solution

Method (1) Formula Method

Finding the Sale Price to earn a profit using formula when the Sale Price at a loss is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $878.4

And, the loss = 76%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 75% = ?

Formula to find the cost price when the sale price and loss percent are known

Cost Price (CP) = ¹⁰⁰/_{100 – gain%} × SP

Thus, the Cost Price (CP)

= ¹⁰⁰/_{100 – 76} × 878.4

= ¹⁰⁰/₂₄ × 878.4

= ^{100 × 878.4}/₂₄

= ⁸⁷⁸⁴⁰/₂₄ = 3660

Thus, the Cost Price (CP) = $3660

Finding the Sale Price using the formula when the cost price and Profit percent are known

Here now, CP = $3660

And, profit = 75%

Thus Sale Price (SP) = ?

Formula to find the Sale Price (SP) when the cost price (CP) and profit percent are known

Sale Price (SP) = ^{100 + gain%}/₁₀₀ × Cost Price (CP)

Thus, the Sale Price (SP)

= ^{100 + 75}/₁₀₀ × 3660

= ¹⁷⁵/₁₀₀ × 3660

= ^{175 × 3660}/₁₀₀

= ⁶⁴⁰⁵⁰⁰/₁₀₀ = 6405

Thus, Sale Price (SP) at a profit of 75% = $6405 Answer

Method (2) Algebraic Method

Finding the Sale Price (SP) to earn the given profit using the Algebraic Method when the Sale Pric (SP) at a loss percent is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $878.4

And, the loss = 76%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 75% = ?

Let the Cost Price (CP) = m

Here given loss = 76%

Calculation of loss

loss is calculated on cost price (CP)

Formula to find the loss = loss% of CP

Thus, loss on the cost price of m

= 76% of m

= 76% × m

= ⁷⁶/₁₀₀ × m

⇒ loss = ^{76 m}/₁₀₀

Calculation of Cost Price (CP)

The Sale Price (SP) = Cost Price (CP) – loss

⇒ 878.4 = m – ^{76 m}/₁₀₀

⇒ 878.4 = ^{100 m – 76 m}/₁₀₀

⇒ 878.4 = ^{24 m}/₁₀₀

After cross multiplication, we get

878.4 × 100 = 24 m

⇒ 24 m = 878.4 × 100

⇒ m = ^{878.4 × 100}/₂₄

⇒ m = ⁸⁷⁸⁴⁰/₂₄ = 3660

⇒ m = 3660

Thus, the Cost Price (CP) = $3660

Finding the Sale Price (SP) when the Cost Price (CP) and profit percent are known

Now, here, Cost Price = 3660

And, the profit = 75%

Thus, Sale Price (SP)

= Cost Price (CP) + 75% of Cost Price (CP)

= 3660 + ⁷⁵/₁₀₀ × 3660

= 3660 + ^{75 × 3660}/₁₀₀

= 3660 + ²⁷⁴⁵⁰⁰/₁₀₀

= 3660 + 2745 = 6405

Thus, Sale Price (SP) at a profit of 75% = $6405 Answer

Method (3) Unitary Method

Finding the Sale Price (SP) to earn a given profit when the Sale price (SP) at a loss is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $878.4

And, the loss = 76%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 75% = ?

Let, CP = 100

75% profit = 75% of CP

= 75% of 100 = 75

Thus, Sale Price to earn a profit of 75% = CP + 75

= 100 + 75 = 175

⇒ Sale Price to earn a profit of 75% = 175

76% loss = 76% of CP

= 76% of 100 = 76

Thus, Sale Price at a loss of 76% = CP – Loss

= 100 – 76 = 24

⇒ Sale Price at a loss of 76% = 24

∵ If the Sale Price is 24, then to earn a profit of 75% the Sale Price should be = 175

∴ If the Sale Price is 1, then to earn a profit of 75% the Sale Price should be

= ¹⁷⁵/₂₄

∴ If the Sale Price is 878.4, then to earn a profit of 75% the Sale Price should be

= ¹⁷⁵/₂₄ × 878.4

= ^{175 × 878.4}/₂₄

= ¹⁵³⁷²⁰/₂₄ = 6405

Thus, Sale Price to get a profit of 75% = $6405 Answer

Method (4) Shortcut Method

Shortcut Method to find the Sale Price at a given profit when Sale Price at a loss is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $878.4

And, the loss = 76%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 75% = ?

Here, the Sale Price at a loss of 76 = $878.4

This means 24% of the Cost Price (CP) = 878.4

Therefore, 1% of the Cost Price (CP) = ^878.4/₂₄

Therefore, 100% of the Cost Price (CP)

= ^878.4/₂₄ × 100 = 3660

Thus, the Cost Price (CP) = $3660

Now, we need to find the Sale Price at a profit of 75%

Thus, Sale Price at a profit of 75%

= 175% of the Cost Price (CP)

= 175% of 3660

= ¹⁷⁵/₁₀₀ × 3660 = 6405

Thus, the Cost Price at a profit of 75% = $6405 Answer

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