a man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5 % . if he had bought it at 5 % less and sold it for re 5 less , he would have made a profit of 10 % . the c . p . of the article was
"explanation : let original cost price is x its selling price = ( 105 / 100 ) * x = 21 x / 20 new cost price = ( 95 / 100 ) * x = 19 x / 20 new selling price = ( 110 / 100 ) * ( 19 x / 20 ) = 209 x / 200 [ ( 21 x / 20 ) - ( 209 x / 200 ) ] = 1 = > x = 1000 answer : e ) rs 1000"
multiply(multiply(multiply(5, const_4.0), 10), 5)