A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹ 360. He wants to make

A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹ 360. He wants to make a gain of 25% on it after a discount of 10%. The marked price is

Marked price of the article = ₹ x.

∴	x × 90	=	360 × 125
	100		100

⇒	9x	= 90 × 5
	10

⇒ x =	90 × 5 × 10	= ₹ 500
	9

Second method :
C.P. = ₹ 360
r = 25%, D = 10%, M.P. = ?

M.P.	=	100 + r
C.P.	=	100 − D

M.P.	=	100 + 25
360	=	100 − 10

M.P. =	125 × 360	= ₹ 500
	90