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Raju sold a bicycle to Amit at 8% profit. Amit repaired it spending Rs.54. Then he sold the bicycle to Nikhil for Rs.1134 with no loss and no profit. Find the cost price of the bicycle for which Raju purchased it.

let the cost of the cycle for Raju be




So according to given conditions total cost = total selling price



Adding on both sides



Multiplying by on both side


100x + 8x = 108000


108x = 108000


Dividing by on both side


x = 1000


So, cost of cycle to Raju is Rs.1000


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