the owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 42 % more than the cost price. if a customer paid rs. 8300 for a computer table, then what was the cost price of the computer table?	Answers:
A) rs . 5725
B) rs . 5845
C) rs . 6275
D) rs . 6725
E) none of these
<gadget id="calculator">42 / 100</gadget>
<output>21/50 = around 0.42</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 + (21/50)</gadget>
<output>71/50 = around 1.42</output>

<gadget id="calculator">8_300 / (71/50)</gadget>
<output>415_000/71 = around 5_845.070423</output>

<result>B</result>
the owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 42 % more than the cost price. if a customer paid rs. 8300 for a computer table, then what was the cost price of the computer table?
divide(8300, add(const_1, divide(42, const_100)))
cp = sp * ( 100 / ( 100 + profit % ) ) = 8300 ( 100 / 142 ) = rs . 5845 . answer : b