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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%

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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%


D.

15%

Marked price = ₹ 720
First discount  = 10%
Price after discount  = (720 - 10% of 720) = (720 - 72) = 648
Total discount  = 550.80
Second discount = 648 - 550.80 = 97.2
Let x% be the second discount
Therefore,
rightwards double arrow space space 648 space cross times space straight x over 100 space equals space 97.2
rightwards double arrow space space space straight x space equals space fraction numerator 97.2 space cross times space 100 over denominator 648 end fraction space equals space 15
∴  Required discount % = 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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