A businessman marked goods 1/3 off" and sold them at a margin of 1/3 of the selling price. What part of the cost was his margin?
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me dont like yer quesshun... ?????????? yu tri sae him kut pries & then sell it so profit=1/3 av sell pries ?????? profit=(1/3)*(2/3) av original pries=(2/9) av origianl... that meen kost=(2/3)*(2/3) av original pries=(4/9)original... so kost=2 times profit
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