By selling 9 articles for a rupee, a man incurred a loss of 4%. To make a gain of 44%, the number of articles to be sold for a rupee is :
Given, 9 SP = 1 Rs
In this transaction, man incurred a loss of 4%. i.e. 9 CP X 0.96 = 1 Rs => CP = 11.57 Paise
So cost of 1 article is = CP = 11.57 Paise
To make a profit of 44% selling price should be SP = 1.44 X 11.57 =16.67 Paise
So number of article sold in Rs 1 = 100/16.67 = 6
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