Sarita earned a profit of 30 per cent on selling an article for ₹6,110. What was the cost price of the article?

Options

A. ₹5,725
B. ₹4,080
C. ₹5,250
D. None of these

Explanation

To find the cost price of the article sold by Sarita, we can follow these steps:

### Step 1: Understand the profit percentage
Sarita earned a profit of 30%. This means that the selling price (SP) of the article is 130% of the cost price (CP).

### Step 2: Set up the equation
We can express this relationship mathematically:
\[ SP = CP + Profit \]
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