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Finding Increase or Decrease Percentage in Situations

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If an article is sold at a loss of say $50$ %, then SP $= . . . . . . . . . . . .$ % of CP

A

50

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B

60

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C

70

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D

40

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Solution

The correct option is A $50$
SP $= \frac{100 - l o s s p e r c e n t}{100} \times$ CP
$= \frac{100 - S P}{100} \times C P = \frac{50}{100} = 50$ %

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