Question

Mboya paid Kshs.160 for a blouse after getting a discount of 20%.The vendor made a profit of 30% on the sale of this blouse. What percentage profit would the vendor have made if no discount was allowed?

Answer 1

160 →  80%
?   ← 100%
100 × 160 = 200
     80
130% → 160

 ?      ← 200

200 × 130 = 162.5%
     160
=62.5%