Let the cost price of the article be Rs. 100x Therefore, selling price of article = Rs. 135x Therefore, profit earned = 135x – 100x = Rs. 35x New profit = 3.6 × 35x = Rs. 126x According to the question, (126x/100x) × 100 = 100x Or, x = 1.26 Therefore, actual cost price = 100x = Rs. 126
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