A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 38.7%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount had been offered? Choose one:  A) 28.5  B) 46  C) 30  D) Data inadequate  E) None of these
Giving no discount to customer implies selling the product on printed price. Suppose the cost price of the article is 100.   Then printed price = 100Ã—(100+38.7)/(100âˆ’5) =146   Hence, required % Profit = 146 â€“ 100 = 46%   Answer 46
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A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 38.7%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount had been offered?