By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling

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171.

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 875 gm for the kilogram weight. His gain in percentage is

  • 17%

  • 14 5 over 7 percent sign

  • 14 2 over 7 percent sign

  • 14%

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172.

A man bought 30 defective machines for Rs. 1,000/-. He repaired and sold them at the rate of Rs. 300 per machine. He got profit of Rs. 150 per machine. How much did he spend on repairs? (in Rs)

  • Rs 5,500

  • Rs 4,500

  • Rs 3,500

  • Rs 2,500

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173.

The rate of discount being given on a shirt, where selling price is Rs. 546 after deducting a discount of Rs. 109/- on its marked price is

  • 14%

  • 18%

  • 15%

  • 16%

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174.

The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given to the marked price. In this kind of sale, the seller

  • bears no gain, no loss

  • gains

  • loses 1%

  • None of these

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175.

By selling cloth at Rs 9 per metre, a shopkeeper loses 10%. Find the rate at which it should be sold so as to earn profit of 15%

  • Rs. 11.20

  • Rs. 11.30

  • Rs. 11.40

  • Rs. 11.50

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176.

Two successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of

  • 28%

  • 27%

  • 25%

  • 30%


177.

If the selling price of 40 articles is equal to the cost price of 50 articles, the loss or gain percent is

  • 25% gain

  • 20% gain

  • 25% loss

  • 20% loss


178.

Two successive price increases of 10% and 10% of an article are equivalent to a single price rise increase of

  • 19%

  • 20%

  • 21%

  • 22%

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179.

By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling price. His profit percent is

  • 20

  • 25

  • 16 2 over 3

  • 33 1 third


D.

33 1 third

Shortcut Method:
Profit on selling price  = 25% = open parentheses 25 over 100 close parentheses space equals space 1 fourth
Profit on cost price  = open parentheses fraction numerator 1 over denominator 4 minus 1 end fraction close parentheses space equals space 1 third space cross times space 100 space equals space 33 1 third percent sign

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180.

If the ratio of cost price and selling price of an article be as 10 : 11, the percentage of profit is

  • 8

  • 10

  • 11

  • 15

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