An Almirah is sold at 5,225 after allowing a discount of 5%. The marked price is:

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5200

5500

5600

5800

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: The selling price is indeed the difference between the marked price and the marked price discount.
Here, selling price of almirah = Rs. 5225
Discount

Consider the marked price of almirah as

Rs.
It is known that discounts are always on the marked price.
Thus, the selling price will be equal to the difference of marked price and

of marked price.
According to this information we have,

When simplifying this equation, we get

The marked price of the almirah is Rs. 5500.
Hence, the correct answer is option (2).

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