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A man wanted to sell an article with 20% profit: but he actually sold at 20% loss for Rs. 480, at what price he wanted to sell it to earn the profit = ?

a) Rs. 720
b) Rs. 840
c) Rs. 600
d) Rs. 750

Answer: a
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Loss }}20\% \cr & {\text{Selling price}} \cr & = 100\% – 20 = 80\% \cr & 80\% = 480 \cr & 1 = \frac{{480}}{{80}} \cr & \left( {{\text{Profit }}20\% } \right) \cr & = \frac{{480}}{{80}} \times 120 \cr & = {\text{Rs}}{\text{. }}720 \cr} $$

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