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Rajendra marks up the price of an article by 50% and then allows a discount of 20% and sells it to Alok. Alok sells it for Rs 20 more than what he purchased for, this SP is 30% more than the original CP of the article. Then Alok's profit % is

A

A)`7.5% `

B

B)`6.66%`

C

C)`8.33%`

D

D)`9%`

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The correct Answer is:
C
माना कि आनंद के लिए क्रयमूल्य =₹x
`therefore` बालाजी के लिए क्रयमूल्य = 1.5x -0.3x =₹ 1.2x
प्रश्नानुसार `1.2x + 20 = 1.3x `
`implies 0.1 x = 20`
अभीष्ट % लाभ`= (0.1 x )/( 1.2x) xx 100 = (1)/(12) xx 100= 8.33 %`
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