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A shopkeeper sold an article at a discount of 13%. If he

Q: Answer-A shopkeeper sold an article at a discount of 13%. If he had given a discount of 7% in place of 13%,...

Let the marked price of the article is Rs. x. According to the question 0.93x 0.87x 108 Or, 0.06x 108 Or, x 1080.06 1800 Cost price of the article 24100 1800 Rs. 1368

had given a discount of 7% in place of 13%, then he would have earned Rs. 108 more. If the cost price of the article is 24% less than its marked price, then find the cost price of the article.

A Rs 1368

B Rs 1728

C Rs 1680

D Rs 1360

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