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I bought two pendants for ₹1,200. I sold the first one at a loss of 10% and the second at a gain of 14%. If, on the whole I made neither a loss nor a gain, find the cost price (in ₹) of the first pendant.

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RRB NTPC 2024 CBT 1 Question Paper (28-Aug-2025) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is
700

To solve this problem, we need to determine the cost price of the first pendant given certain conditions about losses and gains on selling two pendants together, resulting in neither a profit nor a loss overall.

  1. Let the cost price of the first pendant be \(x\) rupees. Consequently, the cost price of the second pendant will be \((1200 - x)\) rupees since the total cost of both pendants is ₹1,200.
  2. The first pendant is sold at a loss of 10%. Thus, the selling price of the first pendant is:

\text{Selling Price}_1 = x - \frac{10}{100} \cdot x = 0.9x

  1. The second pendant is sold at a gain of 14%. Therefore, the selling price of the second pendant is:

\text{Selling Price}_2 = (1200 - x) + \frac{14}{100} \cdot (1200 - x) = 1.14 \cdot (1200 - x)

  1. We know that on the whole, there is neither a gain nor a loss, which implies that the total selling price of both pendants is equal to their total cost price:

\begin{align*} 0.9x + 1.14 \cdot (1200 - x) &= 1200 \\ \end{align*}

  1. Simplifying the equation, we have:

\begin{align*} 0.9x + 1368 - 1.14x &= 1200 \\ -0.24x + 1368 &= 1200 \\ 1368 - 1200 &= 0.24x \\ 168 &= 0.24x \\ x &= \frac{168}{0.24} \\ x &= 700 \end{align*}

  1. Therefore, the cost price of the first pendant is ₹700.

Thus, the correct answer is ₹700, which matches the given correct option.

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