A cow and horse are bought for Rs.2,00,000. The cow is sold at a profit of 20% and the horse is sold a t a loss of 10%. The overall gain is Rs.4000, the Cost price of cow?

June 23, 2019

A cow and horse are bought for Rs.2,00,000. The cow is sold at a profit of 20% and the horse is sold a t a loss of 10%. The overall gain is Rs.4000, the Cost price of cow?

a) 130000            b) 80000             c) 70000               d) 120000

Overall profit = 4000200000×100=2%4000200000×100=2%
By applying alligation rule, we get
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So cost price of the cow = 2/5 x 200000 = 80,000

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