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A trader gives 8% discount on the marked price of an article and gives 3 articles free for buying 18 articles and gains 38% in the entire transaction. Assuming a customer pays for 18 articles, the marked price of an article is what percent more than its cost price?
Asked in RRB JE CBT 1 · 2025
Discount and MP · Quantitative Aptitude
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A free-item scheme is not the same as applying the same percentage discount to each listed item unless the effective values match.
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