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Rahul sold an article for Rs 100. He lost one sixth of what it cost him . Find the cost of the article.Options :120230134none

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Rahul sold an article for Rs 100. He lost one sixth of what it cost him. Find the cost of the article.

Options:

  1. 120
  2. 230
  3. 134
  4. none
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Solution

The problem states that Rahul sold an article for Rs 100 and in doing so, he incurred a loss of one sixth of the cost price.

Let's denote the cost price as 'C'.

According to the problem, C - 100 = C/6.

This is because the loss is calculated as the difference between the cost price and the selling price, and we know this loss is one sixth of the cost price.

To solve for 'C', we can multiply every term by 6 to get rid of the fraction:

6C - 600 = C.

Subtracting C from both sides gives:

5C = 600.

Finally, dividing both sides by 5 gives:

C = 120.

So, the cost of the article was Rs 120.

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