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Q1A dealer sells a product at 15% profit. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for ₹126 less, he would have gained 20%. Find the cost price.Q2A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 16% and 29% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 4%, 34% and 37% on any number of toys bought. (C) 12% discount on the first 4 toys and 27% discount on each toy thereon. (D) 4 toys free of cost on buying 10 toys. A customer wants to buy 10 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q3A and B invest in a business in the ratio 5 : 7. After 4 months, C joins the business with an investment equal to the amount invested by A. At the end of one year, the total profit is ₹92,000. Find the sum (in ₹) of the shares of partners B and C.Q4A fruit seller sold mangoes at ₹600 per box last month. This month, he first increased the price by 10% due to transportation costs and then offered a discount of 15% on the increased price. What is the final price of one box of mangoes?Q5Sunil purchased a microwave oven for ₹7,000. He spent ₹400 on its transportation and ₹600 on repairs. He sold the oven for ₹9,800. What is his percentage profit on total investment?Q6A shopkeeper marks an item at ₹4,000. During a festival, he first offers a discount of 25% on the marked price. After a week, he increases the discounted price by 20% to earn more profit. What is the final selling price of the item after these successive changes?Q7A retailer buys 60 pens and sells them at the purchase price of 72 pens. Determine his profit percentage.Q8Find the single discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 10% on a commodity.Q9A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 44% and 12% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 18%, 43% and 23% on any number of toys bought. (C) 8% discount on the first 4 toys and 38% discount on each toy thereon. (D) On buying ten items, the customer is billed for only seven items. A customer wants to buy 10 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q10During a sale, 40% of the goods are sold at a profit of 10%. Of the remaining goods, 25% are sold at a profit of 15%, and the rest are sold at a loss of 29%. If there is an overall loss of x%, find the value of x.Practice Free →Q11A shopkeeper wants to earn a profit of 11 1/9 % even after giving two successive discounts of 16 2/3 % and 20% on the marked price of an article. If the cost price of the article for the shopkeeper is ₹1800, what should its marked price be?Q12A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 39% and 3% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 36%, 13% and 8% on any number of toys bought. (C) 18% discount on the first 2 toys and 41% discount on each toy thereon. (D) 5 toys free of cost on buying 7 toys. A customer wants to buy 7 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q13The cost price of 25 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:Q14A shopkeeper offers two successive discounts of 18% and 15% on a frock whose marked price is ₹1,000. What is the final selling price (in ₹) of the frock?Q15A, B, and C start a business by investing ₹60,000, ₹80,000, and ₹1,20,000, respectively. After one year, the total profit earned is ₹78,000. By how much does C's share exceed B's share?Q16A bookseller bought 7 identical sets of books at ₹375 each. He sold 3 sets at a profit of 16% per set and the remaining sets at a profit of 24% per set. What was his total profit (in ₹) from selling all the sets?Q17Chitra gets a discount of 40% on a water cooler whose marked price is ₹2,200. Since she pays by credit card, she gets an additional 20% discount. How much does she pay (in ₹)?Q18A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 43% and 19% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 41%, 21% and 49% on any number of toys bought. (C) 35% discount on the first 5 toys and 3% discount on each toy thereon. (D) 4 toys free of cost on buying 5 toys. A customer wants to buy 5 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q19Pure ghee costs ₹120 per kg. After adulterating it with vegetable oil costing ₹60 per kg, a shopkeeper sells the mixture at the rate of ₹98 per kg, thereby making a profit of 40%. In what ratio does he mix the two?Q20If a man bought 8 erasers for ₹4, and sold them at 5 erasers for ₹8, then the gain percentage is:
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