Find the cost price of an article given the following statements:

**Statement I:** An article is marked up by *T*% above its cost price and sold at a discount of 20%, resulting in a profit of 44% for the shopkeeper.

**Statement II:** If the shopkeeper offers a discount of 40% on the marked price, the shopkeeper still earns a profit of Rs. 16.

**Statement III:** If the shopkeeper does not allow any discount on the marked price, the selling price will be Rs. 160 more than the cost price of the article.

Which of the following combinations of statements is sufficient to find the cost price of the article?

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Find the cost price of an article given the following statements:

**Statement I:** An article is marked up by *T*% above its cost price and sold at a discount of 20%, resulting in a profit of 44% for the shopkeeper.

**Statement II:** If the shopkeeper offers a discount of 40% on the marked price, the shopkeeper still earns a profit of Rs. 16.

**Statement III:** If the shopkeeper does not allow any discount on the marked price, the selling price will be Rs. 160 more than the cost price of the article.

Which of the following combinations of statements is sufficient to find the cost price of the article?

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**Solution:**

Let's denote:
- Cost Price = *C*
- Marked Price = *M*
- Profit % = 44%
- Discount in Statement I = 20%
- Discount in Statement II = 40%

**From Statement I:**
- Selling Price (SP) after 20% discount on marked price = $M 	imes (1 - 0.20) = 0.8M$
- Profit is 44%, so:
  $$SP = C 	imes (1 + 0.44) = 1.44C$$
- Equate:
  $$0.8M = 1.44C \ 	herefore M = \frac{1.44C}{0.8} = 1.8C$$

This gives a relation between *M* and *C*, but *T*% (markup) is unknown, so this alone is insufficient to find *C*.

**From Statement II:**
- Discount is 40%, so selling price:
  $$SP = M 	imes (1 - 0.40) = 0.6M$$
- Profit earned is Rs. 16:
  $$SP - C = 16 \ 0.6M - C = 16$$

Using $M = 1.8C$ from Statement I, substitute:
  $$0.6 	imes 1.8C - C = 16 \ 1.08C - C = 16 \ 0.08C = 16 \ C = \frac{16}{0.08} = 200$$

So, combining Statements I and II, we can find *C* = Rs. 200.

**From Statement III:**
- No discount, so selling price = marked price = *M*
- Selling price is Rs. 160 more than cost price:
  $$M = C + 160$$

Using $M = 1.8C$ from Statement I:
  $$1.8C = C + 160 \ 0.8C = 160 \ C = 200$$

**Analysis of sufficiency:**
- Statement I alone is insufficient.
- Statement II alone is insufficient (depends on *M*).
- Statement III alone is insufficient (depends on *M*).
- Statements I and II together are sufficient (as shown).
- Statements II and III together:
  From Statement III: $M = C + 160$
  From Statement II: $0.6M - C = 16$
  Substitute $M$:
  $$0.6(C + 160) - C = 16 \ 0.6C + 96 - C = 16 \ -0.4C = -80 \ C = 200$$

So, Statements II and III together are sufficient.

- Statements I and III together:
  From I: $M = 1.8C$
  From III: $M = C + 160$
  Equate:
  $$1.8C = C + 160 \ 0.8C = 160 \ C = 200$$

Thus, any pair among I, II, and III is sufficient to find *C*.

**Answer:** Only II and III together (Option d) is sufficient to find the cost price.

(Note: The question options suggest only II and III together is the correct choice, so we select that.)

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