Question

Radha purchased a cosmetic item at 5 % discount. If she got the discount amount of

Answer 1

Answer:

She purchased the item at a price of Rs 1,406.

Step-by-step explanation:

5% of discount:

This means that she paid 100% - 5% = 95% = 0.95 of the original price of x, that is, 0.95x, and 0.05x was the discount.

Original price:

She got the discount amount of Rs 74.

74 is 5% of the original price, that is:

$0.05x = 74$

$x = \frac{74}{0.05}$

$x = 1480$

What price she purchased:

74 subtracted from the original price, that is, x - 74. So 1480 - 74 = 1406.

She purchased the item at a price of Rs 1,406.