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After selling books for , a shopkeeper says that he incurs a loss equal to the C.P. of books. Find the C.P. of a book.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the Cost Price () of one book be .
We know that:



Given:







Substitute these values into the loss formula:









Thus, the cost price () of a book is .

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After selling books for , a shopkeeper says that he incurs a loss equal to the C.P. of books. Find the C.P. of a book.
A
B
C
D

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