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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 48

Mohan earns a profit of 20% on selling a jeans at 15% discount on printed price. The ratio of the cost price to printed price of the jean is

  1. 17 : 24

  2. 17 : 34

  3. 16 : 13

  4. 21 : 23

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Answer: (A) 17 : 24

Explanation

Selling price after a 15% discount = 0.85 × printed price, and this equals 1.20 × cost price. So CP/printed price = 0.85/1.20 = 17/24.