A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at ₹ 600 at two success

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71.

A sold a horse to B for ₹ 4800 by losing 20%. B sells it to C at a price which would have been given A a profit of 15%. B's gain is

  • ₹ 1800

  • ₹ 1900

  • ₹ 2000

  • ₹ 2000

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72.

A reduction of 21% in the price of an item enables a person to buy 3 kg more for ₹ 100. The reduced price of item per kg is

  • ₹ 5.50

  • ₹ 7.50

  • ₹ 10.50

  • ₹ 10.50

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73.

A shopkeeper buys 144 items at 90 paise each. On the way 20 items are broken. He sells the remainder at ₹ 1.20 each. His gain per cent correct to one place of decimal is

  • 13.8%

  • 14.6%

  • 14.8%

  • 14.8%

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74.

Two successive discounts of a% and b% on the marked price of an article are equivalent to the single discount of

  • (a + b)%

  • open parentheses straight a plus straight b minus ab over 100 close parentheses percent sign
  • fraction numerator straight a plus straight b over denominator 100 end fraction percent sign
  • fraction numerator straight a plus straight b over denominator 100 end fraction percent sign
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75.

A tradesman marks his goods 30% more than the cost price. If he allows a discount of 6 1 fourth percent sign, then his gain percent is

  • 23 3 over 4 percent sign
  • 22%

  • 21 7 over 8 percent sign
  • 21 7 over 8 percent sign
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76.

A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at ₹ 600 at two successive discounts of 15% and 20% respectively. He spent ₹ 28 on transportation and sold the chair for ₹ 545. His gain percent was

  • 25%

  • 30%

  • 35%

  • 35%


A.

25%

Two successive discounts equivalent to single discount:
rightwards double arrow space space open parentheses straight a plus space straight b minus ab over 100 close parentheses percent sign
rightwards double arrow space open parentheses 15 plus space 20 minus fraction numerator 15 space cross times space 20 over denominator 100 end fraction close parentheses percent sign
equals space 32 percent sign
Marked price = ₹ 600
Discount  = 32%
rightwards double arrow space open parentheses 600 space minus open parentheses space 600 space cross times space 32 over 100 close parentheses close parentheses space equals space 408
Transportation = ₹ 28
Actual C.P. = ₹ (408 + 28) = ₹ 436
Selling price = ₹ 545
Gain = ₹(545 - 436) = ₹ 109
Gain percent sign space equals space fraction numerator Gain over denominator straight C. straight P. end fraction space cross times space 100 space
space space space space space space space space space space space equals space fraction numerator 109 over denominator 436 space end fraction space cross times space 100 space equals space space space 25 percent sign



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77.

The marked price of a piano was ₹ 15,000. At the time of sale, there were successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 10% respectively on it. The sale price was

  • ₹ 9,720

  • ₹ 9,750

  • ₹ 9,760

  • ₹ 9,760

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78.

By selling 25 metres of cloth a trader gains the selling price of 5 metres of cloth. The gain of the trader in % is

  • 25

  • 20

  • 28

  • 28

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79.

A sells a suitcase to B at 10% Profit. B sells it to C at 30% profit. If C pays ₹ 2,860 for it, then the price at which A bought it is

  • ₹ 1,000

  • ₹ 1,600

  • ₹ 2,000

  • ₹ 2,000

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80.

An article is sold at a gain of 15%. Had it been sold for ₹ 27 more, the profit would have been 20%. The cost price of the article is 

  • ₹ 500

  • ₹ 700

  • ₹ 540

  • ₹ 540

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