An article is bought for $₹ 600$ and sold at a loss of $12.5 %$ . Find its selling price.

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Solution

The cost price of article is $₹ 600$
Loss $= 12.5 % o f C . P = \frac{12.5}{100} o f ₹ 600$
$= \frac{125}{1000} \times ₹ 600 = ₹ 75$
We know that :
Selling price $=$ cost price $-$ loss
$= ₹ 600 - ₹ 75 = ₹ 535$
Thus, the selling price of the article is $₹ 535$ .

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