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      Question

      A shopkeeper marked an article Rs. 200 above the cost

      price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 12% and 18% respectively, and faces a loss of Rs. 64. Cost price of the article is:
      A Rs.748 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B Rs.536 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C Rs.500 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D Rs.400 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      ATQ, Let the cost price of the article be Rs. โ€˜xโ€™. Marked price of the article = Rs. x+200. According to the question: xโˆ’64=0.88ร—0.82ร—(x+200) xโˆ’64=0.7216x+144.32 0.2784x=208.32 x=748

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