Q221
Open questionA man sells a book at a profit of 20% . If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 18 less, he would have gained 25% . The cost price of the book is = ?
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Q222
Open questionA bookseller sells a book at a profit of 10% . If he had bought it at 4% less and sold it for Rs. 6 more, he would have gained %. The cost price of the book is -
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Q223
Open questionA watch is sold at a profit of 20%. If both the cost price and the selling price of the watch are decreased by Rs. 100, the profit would be 5% more. Original cost price of the watch is -
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Q224
Open questionA sells a suitcase to B at 10% profit. If B pays Rs. 2860 for it, then the price of which A bought is = ?
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Q225
Open questionA sells a cycle to B at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at a loss of 25% . If C bought the cycle for Rs. P, then the cost price of it for A was = ?
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Q226
Open questionA man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15% . What is the selling price of the cycle = ?
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Q227
Open questionAn article is sold at a profit of 20% . If the cost price is increased by 10% and the sale price by Rs. 26, then the percentage of profit reduces by 5% . Determine the cost price = ?
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Q228
Open questionShailja earns 15 percent on an investment but loses 10 percent on another investment. If the ratio of the two investments is 3 : 5, then the combined loss percent is -
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Q229
Open questionOn selling an article for Rs. 651, there is a loss of 7%. The cost price of that article is = ?
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Q230
Open questionA reduction of 20% in the price of salt enabled a purchaser to obtain 4 kg, more for Rs. 100. The reduced price of salt per kg. is = ?
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Q231
Open questionJoseph's salary is reduced by 10% . In order to have his salary back to his original amount, it must be raised by = ?
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Q232
Open questionA shopkeeper sells two watches for Rs. 308 each. On one he gets 12% profit and on the other 12% loss. His profit or loss in the entire transaction was -
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Q233
Open questionA man sells two flats at the rate of Rs. 1.995 lakhs each. On one he gains 5% and on the other, he loses 5% . His gain or loss percent in the whole transaction is -
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Q234
Open questionThe list price of an article is Rs. 900. It is available at two successive discounts of 20% and 10% . The selling price of the article is = ?
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Q235
Open questionA dishonest grocer sells rice at a profit of 10% and uses weight which are 20% less than the marked weight. The total gain earned by him will be = ?
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Q236
Open questionA dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 850 g. instead of 1 kg. his gain percent is = ?
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Q237
Open questionA man sells two commodities for Rs. 4000 each, neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one commodity at a gain of 25%, the other commodity is sold at a loss of = ?
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Q238
Open questionA house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in -
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Q239
Open questionA man bought two goats for Rs. 1008. He sold one at a loss of 20% and other at a profit of 44% if each goat was sold for the same price the cost price of the goat which was sold at loss, was = ?
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Q240
Open questionOne trader calculates the percentage of profit on the buying price and another calculates on the selling price. When their selling price are the same then the difference of their actual profits is Rs. 85 and both claim to have made 20% profit, what is the selling price of each ?
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