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If a man were to sell his hand-cart for Rs 720, he would lose 25% . What must he sell it for to gain 25%?

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To solve the problem step by step, we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Understand the given information We know that the selling price (SP) of the hand-cart is Rs 720 and that this selling price represents a loss of 25%. ### Step 2: Set up the equation for the cost price (CP) Let the cost price (CP) be denoted as \( x \). Since the man is losing 25%, we can express the selling price in terms of the cost price: \[ ...
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