Cost of an item is x. It's value increases by p% and
decreases by p% Now the new value is 1 rupee, what is the
actual value ?

Answer Posted / sandeep

consider '1' rupee as 100 and p=20
now it is increased by 20% then the cost is 120
and decreased by 20% now the cost is 96
since it is 1 rupee we get 0.96 ps

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