Q261
Open questionTo gain 10% on selling the mixture of milk and water at the cost price of pure milk, the quantity of water to be mixed with 50 kg of pure milk is = ?
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Q262
Open questionA milkman bought 70 litres of milk for Rs. 630 and added 5 litres of water. If sells it at Rs. 9.00 per litres, his profit percentage is = ?
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Q263
Open questionA farmer sold a cow and an ox for Rs. 800 and got a profit of 20% on the cow and 25% on the ox. If he sells the cow and the ox for Rs. 820 he gets a profit of 25% on the cow and 20% on the ox. The individual cost price of the cow and the ox is :
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Q264
Open questionThe C.P. of two watches taken together is Rs. 840. If by selling one at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12% , there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction, then the C.P. of the two watches are respectively.
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Q265
Open questionA space research company wants to sell its two products A and B. If the product A is sold at 20% loss and the product B at 30% gain, the company will not lose anything. If the product A is sold at 15% loss and the product B at 15% gain, the company will lose Rs. 6 million in the deal. What is the cost of product B ?
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Q266
Open questionA milkman makes 20% profit by selling milk mixed with water at Rs. 9 per litre, if the cost price of 1 litre pure milk is Rs. 10, then the ratio of milk and water in the said mixture is = ?
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Q267
Open questionA shopkeeper bought 15 kg of rice at the rate of Rs. 29 per kg and 25 kg of rice at the rate of Rs. 20 per kg. He sold the mixture of both types of rice at the rate of Rs. 27 per kg. His profit in this transaction is = ?
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Q268
Open questionOn selling 17 balls at Rs. 720 there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is = ?
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Q269
Open questionA small and medium enterprise imports two components A and B from Taiwan and China respectively and assembles them with other components to form a toy. Components A contributes to 10% of production cost while components B contributes to 20% of production cost. Usually the company sells this toy at 20% above the production cost. Due to increase in the raw material and labour cost in both the countries ,component A became 20% costlier and components B became 40% costlier. Owing to these reasons the company increased its selling price by 15%. Considering that cost of other components does not change. What will be the profit percentage if the toy is sold at the new price?
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Q270
Open questionA firm of readymade garments makes both men's and women's shirts. Its average profit is 6% of the sales. Its profit in men's shirt average 8% of the sales and women's shirts comprise 60% of the output. The average profit per sales rupee in women's shirts is
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Q271
Open questionBy selling 33 meters of cloth a person gains the cost price of 11 meters. Find his gain % = ?
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Q272
Open questionA cloth merchant on selling 33 meters of cloth obtains a profit equal to the selling price of 11 meters of cloth the profit is = ?
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Q273
Open questionAn item costing Rs. 840 was sold by a shopkeeper at a gain of 10% and it was again sold by the new buyer at a loss of 5%. Find selling price of the item is = ?
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Q274
Open questionThe cost of raw materials of a product increases by 30%, the manufacturing cost increases by 20% and the selling price of the product increases by 60%. The raw material and the manufacturing cost originally formed 40% and 60% of the total cost respectively. If the original profit percentage was one - fourth the original manufacturing cost, find the approximate new profit percentage.
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Q275
Open questionPreviously, the manufacturing cost of a product was thrice the cost of raw
material. Now the cost of raw material increases in the ratio 5 : 12 and manufacturing cost increases in the ratio of 3 : 5. The previous cost of the product was Rs. 8. What should be the present selling price so that 25% profit can be made?
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Q276
Open questionA person sells an article for Rs. 75 and gains as much percent as the cost price of the article in rupees. The cost price of the article is = ?
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Q277
Open questionA clock was sold for Rs. 144. If the percentage of profit was numerically equal to the cost price the cost of the clock was = ?
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Q278
Open questionIf the price of eraser is reduced by 25%. A person can buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers are available for a rupee after reduction ?
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Q279
Open questionIf a company sells a car with a marked price of Rs. 272000 and gives a discount of 4% on Rs. 200000 and 2.5% on the remaining amount of Rs. 72,000, then the actual price charged by the company for the car is -
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Q280
Open questionAn umbrella marked at Rs. 80 is sold for Rs. 68. The following rate of discount is:
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