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If Arun gets an overall profit of Rs.400, then find the total cost price of handbags?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Rs.2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b) Rs.4000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) Rs.1000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d) Rs.1600<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e) None of these<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let the total number of handbags=12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25% of the total number of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>handbags=12*25\/100=3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>33.33% of the remaining handbags=(12-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3)\/3=9\/3=3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remaining hand bags=9-3=6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let CP=100<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall profit percentage=[(3*110+3*90+6*120)-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>100*12]\/1200*100<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=(1320-1200)\/1200*100<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=120\/12=10%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CP=100*400\/10=Rs.4000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Arun sold 25% of his handbags at a profit of 10%, 33.33% of the remaining handbags sold at a loss of 10% and the remaining handbags sold at a profit of 20%. 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