A man sells an article at 5% profit. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for 1 less, he would have gained 10%. The cost price of the article is :  Choose the correct choice from the following choices.
A) 200
B) 150
C) 240
D) 280
E) None of these
Let the CP of the article be x.   Then, SP = 105x⁄100   Now, new CP = 95x⁄100 and new SP = 105x⁄100 - 1   200ccording to the question   105x/100−1−95/100=10×95x/100×100   ∴ x = 200   200nswer 200
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A man sells an article at 5% profit. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for 1 less, he would have gained 10%. The cost price of the article is :