Cost price of an article is 20% of selling price of that. Then what percentage is selling price of the cost price?
500%
If CP = 20% of SP, then SP = 5 x CP, meaning SP as a percentage of CP is 500%. This follows directly from the given ratio: CP/SP = 20/100 = 1/5, so SP/CP = 5 = 500%.
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