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The cost of a washing machine is 50% less than the cost of a TV. If the cost of the washing machine increases by 57% and that of the TV decreases by 74%, then what is the percentage change in the total cost of 6 washing machines and 2 TVs?

Asked in RRB Group D · 2025
Successive Percentage Change · Quantitative Aptitude
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Quantitative AptitudeProfit and LossSuccessive Percentage ChangeRRB Group D2025
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In successive selling, the selling price of one person becomes the cost price of the next person.

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59UPSC Questions Asked in These Years:2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
39SSC Questions Asked in These Years:2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
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55State PSC Questions Asked in These Years:2002, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Profit and Loss has appeared in 185 previous-year exam questions, most frequently in UPSC, State PSC and SSC.
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