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A shopkeeper marked an article ‘A’ 60% above the cost price and sold it for Rs. 1600 after giving a certain discount while he sold an article ‘B’ for Rs. 1300. If cost price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 1000 and profit percentage earned on selling article ‘B’ is 50% more than discount percentage given on selling article ‘A’ then find the cost price of article ‘A’.
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