By selling a Rs 1260 a person gains 5- Find the cost price of the watch-

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Let the cost price of watch be Rs-x-According to the question-x-5100-xD7-x-1260x-1-120-1260-x21D2-x-1260-xD7-2021-x21D2-x-60-xD7-20-Rs-1200Hence the cost price of watch is Rs-1200-

By selling a watch for $R s 1260$ a person gains $5 %$ . Find the cost price of the watch.

Let the cost price of watch be $R s . x$ .
According to the question-
$x + \frac{5}{100} \times x = 1260$
$x (1 + \frac{1}{20}) = 1260$
$\Rightarrow x = \frac{1260 \times 20}{21}$
$\Rightarrow x = 60 \times 20 = R s . 1200$
Hence the cost price of watch is $R s . 1200$ .

By selling a watch for Rs 1260 a person gains 5%. Find the cost price of the watch.

Let the cost price of watch be Rs.x.According to the question-x+5100×x=1260x(1+120)=1260⇒x=1260×2021⇒x=60×20=Rs.1200Hence the cost price of watch is Rs.1200.

By selling a watch for $R s 1260$ a person gains $5 %$ . Find the cost price of the watch.

Let the cost price of watch be $R s . x$ .
According to the question-
$x + \frac{5}{100} \times x = 1260$
$x (1 + \frac{1}{20}) = 1260$
$\Rightarrow x = \frac{1260 \times 20}{21}$
$\Rightarrow x = 60 \times 20 = R s . 1200$
Hence the cost price of watch is $R s . 1200$ .