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Article passes through two dealers with known overall profit and first dealer's profit: second dealer's profit percent

The same question, asked 2 times: 21 Jul 2023 S1*, 17 Sep 2024 S2. Every wording below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    21 Jul 2023 S1

    70
    A sold an article to B at 25% profit and B further sold it to C by earning a certain profit. If the cost price of C is 30% more than the cost price of A, then find the profit percentage earned by B.

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  2. Question 2

    17 Sep 2024 S2

    68
    An article passing through two hands is sold at a total profit of 40% of the original cost price. If the first dealer makes a profit of 30%, then the profit percentage made by the second dealer is:

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