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An article was sold for ₹ 1, 404 at a loss of 10% . Find the cost price of the article.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Given, Selling Price (SP) = 1404 ₹ and Loss = 10% . The relationship between Cost Price (CP) and SP during a loss is: SP = CP \times (\frac{100 - Loss %}{100}) 1404 = CP \times (\frac{100 - 10}{100}) 1404 = CP \times \frac{90}{100} CP = \frac{1404 \times 10}{9} = 156 \times 10 = 1560 ₹

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