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A shopkeeper bought 20 kg of rice at Rs. 55 per kg, 25 kg of rice at Rs. 50 per kg, and 35 kg of rice at Rs. 60 per kg. He spent a sum of Rs. 150 on transportation. He mixed all the three types of rice and sold all the stock at Rs. 62.56 per kg. His profit percent in the entire transaction is:

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The monthly salary of a person was Rs. 75,000. He used to spend on Family Expenses (E), Taxes (T), Charity (C) and rest were his savings. E was 60% of the income, T was 20% of E, and C was 15% of T. When his salary got raised by 40% he maintained the percentage level of E, but T became 30% of E and C became 20% of T. The ratio of the saving of his earlier salary to that of his present salary is:

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If 49% of X = Y, then Y% of 50 is:

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In a class, if 60% of the students are boys and the number of girls is 36, then the number of boys is:

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When the price of an item was reduced by 20%, its sale increased by x%. If there is an increase of 25% in receipt of the revenue, then the value of x is:

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A student multiplied a number with instead of What is the error percentage?

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A person saves  of his income. If the saving increases by 22% and the expenditure increases by 10%, then the percentage increase in his income is:

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The sum of weights of A and B is 80 kg. 50% of A's weight is times the weight of B. Find the difference between their weights.

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In an election, candidate X got 70% of the overall valid votes. If 20% of the overall votes were declared invalid and the total numbers of votes is 64000, then find the number of valid votes polled in favour of the candidate.

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In an election between two candidates, 65% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 3% of the votes were decided to be invalid. A candidate got 81965 votes which are 65% of the total valid votes. What is the total number of votes enrolled in that election?

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The monthly salaries of A and B are the same. A, B and C donate 10%, 8% and 9% respectively, of their monthly salaries to a charitable trust. The difference between the donations of A and B is Rs. 400. The total donation by A and B is Rs. 900 more than that of C. What is the monthly salary of C?

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Price of rice is decreased by 25 percent and therefore a person can purchase 30 kg more rice in the same expenditure. If expenditure is Rs. 5400, then what was the original price of rice per kg?

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If a positive number 'k' when multiplied by 30% of itself gives a number which is 170% more than the number 'k' then the number 'k' is equal to:

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If 40% of a number is less than its 60% by 30, then the 20% of that number is:

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If A is 40% less than B and C is 40% of the sum of A and B, then by what percentage is B greater than C?

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If A's salary is 30% more than B's salary, then by what percentage is B's salary less than that of A? (correct to one decimal place)

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Rishu saves x% of her income. If her income increases by 26% and the expenditure increases by 20%. then her savings increase by 50%. What is the value of x?

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If the price of petrol is increased by 28%, by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer, if the expenditure on petrol remains unchanged? (Correct to 2 decimal places)

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Salary of Mohit is 60% more than Vijay. Salary of Vijay is how much percent less than Mohit?

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In an election contested between two candidates, 15% of the total voters did not cast their votes and 100 votes got disqualified. The candidate who won the election won it by securing 45% of the total votes and won by a margin of 400 votes. Find the total number of voters?

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