A man gains 10% by selling an article for a certain price. If he

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211.

A man gains 10% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, then the profit made is

  • 120%

  • 20%

  • 40%

  • 100%


A.

120%

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Let the C.P. be x,
Profit space percent colon
space space space equals space open parentheses fraction numerator What space is space to space happen over denominator What space happened end fraction space cross times space left parenthesis 100 space plus-or-minus space Profit space percent close parentheses
equals space open parentheses fraction numerator 2 straight x over denominator straight x end fraction space cross times space left parenthesis 100 space plus space 10 right parenthesis close parentheses percent sign
equals space 220 percent sign
∴  Required profit percent:
 = (220 - 100)% = 120%
    


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212.

The cost of manufacture of an article was ₹ 900. The trader wants to gain 25% after giving a discount of 10%. The marked price should be

  • ₹ 1000

  • ₹ 1500

  • ₹ 1250

  • ₹ 1200

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213.

Arvind purchased a wrist watch with 30% discount on the labelled price. He sold it with 40% profit on the price he bought. What was his per cent loss on the labelled price?

  • 4

  • 8

  • 2

  • 6

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214.

The marked price of a watch was ₹ 720. A man bought the same for ₹ 550.80 after getting 2 successive discounts, the 1st being 10%. What was the 2nd discount?

  • 18%

  • 12%

  • 14%

  • 15%

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215.

A person bought two bicycles for ₹ 1600 and sold the first at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit, he would get ₹ 5 more. The difference in the cost price of the two bicycles was

  • ₹ 25

  • ₹ 75

  • ₹ 50

  • ₹ 40

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216.

A retailer purchased radio sets at the rate of ₹ 400 each from a wholesaler. He raised the price by 30% and then allowed a discount of 8% on each set. His profit will be

  • 19%

  • 78.4%

  • 22%

  • 19.6%

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217.

A fruit seller buys some oranges at the rate of 4 for ₹ 10 and an equal number more at 5 for ₹ 10. He sells the whole lot at 9 for ₹ 20. What is his loss or gain per cent.

  • Loss per cent 1 19 over 81 percent sign

  • Gain per cent 1 19 over 81 percent sign

  • No loss or no profit

  • Loss per cent 2%

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218.

10% discount and then 20% discount in succession is equivalent to total discount of

  • 15%

  • 24%

  • 30%

  • 28%


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219.

The market price of a watch was ₹ 720. A man bought the same for ₹ 550.80 after getting two successive discounts, the first being 10%. The second discount rate is

  • 12%

  • 14%

  • 15%

  • 18%


220.

Allowing 20% and 15% successive discounts, the selling price of an article become ₹ 3060, then the marked price will be

  • ₹ 5000

  • ₹ 4400

  • ₹ 4500

  • ₹ 4000


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