A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5 %. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re 8 less, he would have made a profit of 10%. The C.P. of the article was  Select.
A) 1600 B) 1500 C) 1200 D) 1388 E) 1211

Rationale: "explanation : let original cost price is x its selling price = ( 105 / 100 ) * x = 21 x / 20 new cost price = ( 95 / 100 ) * x = 19 x / 20 new selling price = ( 110 / 100 ) * ( 19 x / 20 ) = 209 x / 200 [ ( 21 x / 20 ) - ( 209 x / 200 ) ] = 8 = > x = 1600 answer : a ) rs 1600"
Answer: A