9514 1404 393
Answer:
Rs 3200
Step-by-step explanation:
The actual selling price was 20% below the cost price, so was ...
sp = cp(1 -20%) = 0.80cp
Had the selling price been raised, the selling price would have been 5% above the cost price:
sp +800 = cp(1 +5%) = 1.05cp
Subtracting the first equation from the second gives ...
(sp +800) -(sp) = (1.05cp) -(0.80cp)
800 = 0.25cp . . . . . . . simplify
3200 = cp . . . . . . . . multiply by 4
The cost price was Rs 3200.
