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A man buys a certain number of articles at 15 for Rs. 112.50 and sells them at 12 for Rs. 108. Find gain percent and the number of articles sold to make a profit of Rs. 75?

CP of 15 articles is 112.50


CP of one article


Selling price if 12 articles is 108


Selling price of one article


Gain = selling price – CP


Gain = 9 – 7.5 = 1.5 per article


Percentage gain


% gain



To make profit of Rs.75 ,the number of articles is



Number of articles sold = 50


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