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A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and

Q: Answer-A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and marked it 20% above its cost price and sold it for R...

Selling price of article B 170 1500 Rs. 1670 Marked price of article B 16700.80 Rs. 2087.5 Marked price of article A 2087.5 1000 Rs. 1087.5 Cost price of article A 1087.51.2 Rs. 906.25

marked it 20% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 1500. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 1000 more than that of article ‘A’ while selling price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 170 more than that of ‘A’. Find the cost price of article ‘A’ if article ‘B’ is sold at a discount of 20%.

A Rs. 900.25

B Rs. 1006.25

C Rs. 906.25

D Rs. 806.25

E None of these

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