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We are given the margin in terms of the cost of the article. Looking at the answers, it appears we need to find the margin in terms of the selling price. The relationship between cost and selling price is that selling price minus the margin is the cost, $S-M=C$. Since $M=\frac{1}{n}C$ and $C=S-M$, $M=\frac{1}{n}(S-M)$. Doing some algebraic manipulation to get $M$ on one side, $M=\frac{1}{n}(S-M)$ $M=\frac{S}{n}-\frac{M}{n}$ $M+\frac{M}{n}=\frac{S}{n}$ $M(1+\frac{1}{n})=\frac{S}{n}$ $M=\frac{S}{n}\cdot \frac{1}{1+\frac{1}{n}}$ $M=\frac{S}{n+1}$ $M=\frac{1}{n+1}S⟹\boxed{M=\frac{1}{n+1}S}$.