The ratio between the sale price and the cost price of an article is 7:5. What

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The ratio between the sale price and the cost price of an article is 7:5. What is the ratio between the profit and the cost price of the article?

Answer: Option D
- Let C.P.- Rs.5x and S.P. = Rs. 7x Then, gain = Rs. 2x
Required ratio = 2x:5x= 2:5

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