Question

A person spent Rs 50000 to purchase a desktop computer and a laptop computer. He sold the desktop at 20% profit and the laptop at 10% loss. If overall he made a 2% profit then the purchase price, in rupees, of the desktop is

Answer 1

Using Alligation Rule, the ratio of cost prices of desktop and laptop will be

i.e., $2: 3$

∴ The cost of desktop $=\frac{2}{5}×50000$

$=20,000$