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    Question

    A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and

    marked it 25% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 1600. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 1200 more than that of article ‘A’ while selling price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 175 more than that of ‘A’. Find the cost price of article ‘A’ if article ‘B’ is sold at a discount of 20%.
    A Rs. 875 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Rs. 810 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Rs. 815 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Rs. 615 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Selling price of article ‘B’ = 175 + 1600 = Rs. 1775 Marked price of article ‘B’ = 1770/0.80 = Rs. 2218.75 Marked price of article ‘A’ = 2218.75 – 1200 = Rs. 1018.75 Cost price of article ‘A’ = 1018.75/1.25 = Rs. 815

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