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Two merchants each sell an article for Tk.1000. If Merchant a computes his profit on cost price, while Merchant B computer his profit on selling price, they end up making profits of 25% respectively. By how much is the profit made by Merchant B greater than that of Merchant A?

Two merchants each sell an article for Tk.1000. If Merchant a computes his profit on cost price, while Merchant B computer his profit on selling price, they end up making profits of 25% respectively. By how much is the profit made by Merchant B greater than that of Merchant A? Correct Answer Tk. 50

দেয়া আছে, A ‘র profit হিসাব করা হয়েছে cost price - এর উপর। মনে করি, A - এর cost price = x Tk. প্রশ্নানুযায়ী, 125% of x = 100 ⇒125x100 = 1000 ⇒5x4 = 1000⇒x = 4×10005 = 800 Tk. A' র profit = (1000 - 800) = 200 Tk. ∴ B' র profit হিসাব করা হয় বিক্রয়মূল্যের উপর। B' র profit = (25% of1000) = 250 Tk. ∴ B' র profit বেশি হয় = (250 - 200) = 50 Tk.

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