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91.

Nitin bought some oranges at ₹ 40 a dozen and an equal number at ₹ 30 a dozen. He sold them at ₹ 45 a dozen and made a profit of ₹ 480. The number of organes, he bought, was

  • 48

  • 60

  • 72

  • 72

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92.

60% of the cost price of an article is equal to 50% of its selling price. Then the percentage of profit or loss on the cost price is

  • 20% loss

  • 16 2 over 3 percent sign space profit
  • 20% profit

  • 20% profit

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93.

Maninder bought two horses at ₹ 40,000 each. He sold one horse at 15% gain, but had to sell the second horse at a loss. If he had suffered a loss of ₹ 3,600 on the whole transaction, then the selling price of the second horse is

  • ₹ 30,000

  • ₹ 30,200

  • ₹ 30,300

  • ₹ 30,300

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94.

A fruit-seller buys x guavas for ₹ y and sells y guavas for ₹ x. If x > y, then he made

  • fraction numerator straight x squared minus straight y squared over denominator xy end fraction percent sign space loss
  • fraction numerator straight x squared minus straight y squared over denominator xy end fraction percent sign space gain
  • fraction numerator straight x squared minus straight y squared over denominator straight y squared end fraction percent sign space loss
  • fraction numerator straight x squared minus straight y squared over denominator straight y squared end fraction percent sign space loss
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95.

A discount series of 10%, 20% and 40% is equal to a single discount of

  • 56.80%

  • 50%

  • 70%

  • 70%

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96.

A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer for ₹ 56,100 at a loss of 15%. Then the cost price of the article to the manufacturer is

  • ₹ 25,000

  • ₹ 10,000

  • ₹ 50,000

  • ₹ 50,000

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97.

A loss of 19% gets converted into a profit of 17% when the selling price is increased by ₹ 162. The cost price of the article is

  • ₹ 450

  • ₹ 600

  • ₹ 360

  • ₹ 360


A.

₹ 450

Shortcut Method:
17% - (-19%) = ₹ 162
17%  +  19% = ₹ 162
36% = ₹ 162
Required cost price of the article is
 space equals space fraction numerator 162 space cross times space 100 over denominator 36 end fraction space equals space ₹ space 450

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98.

A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of ₹ 12 per pen. He sold 50 pens at a gain of 10%. The percentage gain at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain 15% on the whole outlay is

  • 21 1 half percent sign
  • 20%

  • 17%

  • 17%

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99.

A dealer sold two types of goods for ₹ 10,000 each. On one of them, he lost 20% and on the other he gained 20%. His gain or loss per cent in the entire transaction was

  • 2% loss

  • 2% gain

  • 4% gain

  • 4% gain

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100.

The cost price of 40 articles is the same as the selling price of 25 articles. Find the gain per cent.

  • 65%

  • 60%

  • 15%

  • 15%

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