1. A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5%. If
he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for 1 less, he
would have made a profit of 10%. The cost price of the
article was
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A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5 %. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re 1 less he would have made a profit of 10%. The C.P. of the article was
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Let the cost price of the article be x Rs
Selling price of first case =x+
100
5x
=
100
105x
Cost price of second case=x−
100
5x
=
100
95x
Selling price of second case=
100
105x
−1
Selling price −cost price=gain
100
105x
−1−
100
95x
=
10000
95x
×10
100
10x
−1=
1000
95x
.1x−1=.095x
.1x−.095x=1
.005x=1
x=
0.005
1
=
5
1000
=200Rs
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