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A shopkeeper marks his goods in such a way that after allowing a discount of 25% on the marked price, he still makes a profit of 50%. Find the ratio of the C.P. to the M.P.

Given,


Discount = 25%



= M.P. – S.P.


….(i)


And given profit = 50%




….(ii)


We know (i) = (ii)




Ratio C.P. to M.P. = 1:2


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