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If a person makred a product 25% above the cost price but allows 10% discount, then percentage of profit is:

A

0.15

B

0.125

C

0.35

D

0.175

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To solve the problem, we need to find the percentage of profit when a product is marked 25% above the cost price and a discount of 10% is allowed on the marked price. Let's break it down step by step. ### Step 1: Define the Cost Price (CP) Let the cost price (CP) of the product be \( x \). ### Step 2: Calculate the Marked Price (MP) The marked price (MP) is 25% above the cost price. Therefore, we can calculate the marked price as follows: \[ MP = CP + 25\% \text{ of } CP = x + 0.25x = 1.25x \] ### Step 3: Calculate the Selling Price (SP) A discount of 10% is allowed on the marked price. Thus, the selling price (SP) can be calculated as: \[ SP = MP - 10\% \text{ of } MP = 1.25x - 0.10 \times 1.25x \] Calculating the discount: \[ 0.10 \times 1.25x = 0.125x \] Now substituting back: \[ SP = 1.25x - 0.125x = 1.125x \] ### Step 4: Calculate the Profit Profit is calculated as the difference between the selling price and the cost price: \[ \text{Profit} = SP - CP = 1.125x - x = 0.125x \] ### Step 5: Calculate the Percentage of Profit The percentage of profit is given by: \[ \text{Percentage of Profit} = \left( \frac{\text{Profit}}{CP} \right) \times 100 \] Substituting the values: \[ \text{Percentage of Profit} = \left( \frac{0.125x}{x} \right) \times 100 = 12.5\% \] ### Final Answer The percentage of profit is **12.5%**. ---
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