Question
Cost price of article ‘B’ is (300/8)% of selling price of article ‘A’. Article ‘A’ is sold at 50% profit and the cost price of article ‘A’ is Rs. 20 more than that of article ‘B’. Find the cost price of article ‘B’ if the cost price of article ‘A’ equals the selling price of article ‘B’.
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