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A commodity is sold at Rs. 480 with a loss of 20% on selling price, what is the cost price of the commodity?

Let the cost price of the commodity be ₹ x.


Loss percentage = 20 %


Selling price of commodity


= 0.8x


⇒ 0.8x = 480



The cost price of the commodity was ₹600.


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