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      Question

      Amit marked up an article of cost price Rs. 420 by

      certain percent and then sold it at discount of 20%. He suffered a loss of 6% in the whole transaction. Find the mark up percentage.ย 
      A 17.5% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B 15% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C 16.25% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D 13.75% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Selling price of the article = 0.94 ร— 420 = Rs. 394.8 Marked price of the article = 394.8/0.80 = Rs. 493.5 Required percentage = {(493.5 โ€“ 420)/420} ร— 100 = 17.5%

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