a) Rs. 10 loss b) Rs. 10 profit c) Rs. 90 loss d) Rs. 90 profit Answer: a ...
View QuestionA person sells a table at a profit of 10% . If he had bought the table at 5% less cost and sold for Rs. 80 more, he would have gained 20% . The cost price of the table is = ?
a) Rs. 3200 b) Rs. 2500 c) Rs. 2000 d) Rs. 200 Answer: c Explanation: Let the ...
View QuestionJacob bought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20% ?
a) Rs. 400 b) Rs. 440 c) Rs. 500 d) Rs. 550 Answer: c Explanation:$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let the C.P. be ...
View QuestionA fruit seller buys some oranges and by selling 40% of them he realizes the cost price of all the oranges. As the oranges being to grow over-ripe, he reduces the price and sells 80% of the remaining oranges at half the previous rate of profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten are thrown away. The overall percentage of profit is:
a) 80 b) 84 c) 94 d) 96 Answer: b Explanation: Let fruit seller buys 100 oranges ...
View QuestionWith a 5% discount on the cost of sugar a buyer could purchase 2 kg more sugar for Rs. 608. Selling Price of Sugar is:
a) Rs. 15.20 b) Rs. 15 c) Rs. 16.50 d) Rs. 2 Answer: a Explanation: $$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let ...
View QuestionA trader marks his goods 40% above cost price and allows a discount of 25%. The profit he makes is:
a) 15% b) 10% c) 5% d) 2% Answer: c Explanation: Let original CP = Rs. 100 Then, ...
View QuestionFind the difference of amount if 40% discount is given on Rs. 500 and two consecutive discounts 30% and 10% are given on the same amount
a) Rs. 15 b) Rs. 0 c) Rs. 20 d) Rs. 10 Answer: a Explanation: 40% discount on ...
View QuestionA grocer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses false weights. He gains 100/9% in this manner. He uses a weight of
A grocer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses false weights. He gains $$\frac{{100}}{9}$$% in ...
View QuestionA person purchased 10 dozen pens at the rate of Rs. 4 per dozen. On checking, he found that 20 pens were not working. In order to earn 25% profit, he should sell the remaining pens each at –
a) 40 paise b) 44 paise c) 50 paise d) 55 paise Answer: c Explanation: Total C.P. of (10 ...
View QuestionA shopkeeper sells an article at a loss of 12*1/2%. Had he sold it for Rs. 51.80 more, he would have earned a profit of 6% . The cost price of the article is = ?
A shopkeeper sells an article at a loss of $$12\frac{1}{2}$$% . Had he sold it for Rs. 51.80 ...
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