Question

Masada sold his radio to Agouti at sh 63,000 making a loss of 10%.

Answer 1

Given:

Selling price of radio for Masada = 63,000

Loss = 10%

To find:

The amount of money Masada paid for the radio?

Solution:

Let x be the amount of money Masada paid for the radio.

According to the question,

$x-10\%\text{ of }x=63000$

$x-\dfrac{10}{100}x=63000$

$x-0.1x=63000$

$0.9x=63000$

Divide both sides by 0.9.

$x=\dfrac{63000}{0.9}$

$x=70000$

Therefore, Masada paid 70,000 for the radio.