Question
A shopkeeper bought an article and marked it 60% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 20%. Had he bought it for Rs. 300 less and sold it for Rs. 140 more, then he would have made a profit of Rs. 1000. Find the cost price of the article.
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