Musa paid sh 180 for a shirt after getting à discount of 10%.the shopkeeper made a profit of 20% on the sales of this shirt.what % profit would the shopkeeper have made if no discount was made??
100%
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To find the shopkeeper's profit percentage if no discount was made, we need to first calculate the original selling price of the shirt before applying the 10% discount.
Let's assume the original selling price is "x".
Given that Musa paid sh 180 for the shirt after a 10% discount, we can set up the equation:
x - (10/100) * x = 180
Simplifying the equation, we have:
(90/100) * x = 180
Multiplying both sides by (100/90) to isolate x, we get:
x = (180 * 100) / 90
x = 200
Therefore, the original selling price of the shirt was sh 200.
Now, we need to find the profit percentage when the shopkeeper sells the shirt at the original price of sh 200.
Given that the shopkeeper makes a profit of 20% on the sales, we can calculate the profit amount:
Profit = (20/100) * 200
Profit = 40
To find the profit percentage, we divide the profit by the cost price and multiply by 100:
Profit percentage = (40 / 200) * 100
Profit percentage = 20%
Hence, if no discount was made, the shopkeeper would have made a profit percentage of 20%.
Original cost for shopkeeper.
(1-.2)(180) = 144
Original price before discount.
1.1 (180) = 198
(198-144)/144 = ?