A man made a loss of 15% by selling an article for $595. Find the cost price of the article

Scott Yang asked Feb 4, 2023

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Answer:

$700

Explanation:

If he made a loss of 15%, then it means that selling price is 85% of the cost price.

If the cost price is x, then we have;

0.85x = 595

x = 595/0.85

x = $700

Blispr answered Feb 10, 2023

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