document.write( "Question 1016715: By selling a purse for ₹250,Ranjana loses one-sixth of what it cost to her. Find
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Let $\"+c+\"$ = her cost
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+%286%2F5%29%2A250+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+300+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Her cost was 300
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\n" ); document.write( "The loss was $\"+300+-+250+=+50+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+50%2F300+=+1%2F6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28+1%2F6+%29%2A100+=+16.67+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The percent loss was 16.67% \n" ); document.write( "

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