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1. The cost price of 19 articles is same as the selling price of 29 articles. What is loss percentage?

A. 52.3%

B. 35%

C. 34.48%

D. 30%

Solution:

Let CP of each article be Rs. 29 and SP of each article be Rs. 19
Loss Percentage

\begin{aligned} = \frac{(29 x - 19 x) \times 100}{29 x} \\ = 34.48 % \end{aligned}

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