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Marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked price, in this kind of sale the seller _____ ?
A. loses 1%
B. Bears no loss no gain
C. gains
D. None of themExplanation:
C.P = Rs. 100
Marked price = Rs. 110
S.P = 90% of Rs. 110 = Rs. 99
Loss = 1%
A man purchases an electric heater whose printed price is 160 if he received two successive discounts of 20% and 10% he paid ______ ?
A. Rs. 115.20
B. Rs. 119.60
C. Rs. 112
D. Rs. 129.60Explanation:
Price after 1st discount = 80% of Rs. 160 = Rs. 128
Price after 2nd discount = 90% of Rs. 128 = Rs. 115.20
Tarun bought a T.V with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount? He would have saved Rs. 500. At what price did he buy the T.V ?
A. Rs. 12000
B. Rs. 16000
C. Rs. 10000
D. Rs. 5000Explanation:
Labelled price be Rs. 100
S.P in 1st case = Rs. 80
S.P in 2nd case = Rs. 75
Saving is Rs. 5 labelled price = Rs. 100
Saving is Rs. 500 labelled price
= Rs. (100/5 × 500) = Rs. 10000
Difference between a discount of 40% on Rs. 500 and two successive discount of 36% and 4% on the same amount is _____ ?
A. Rs. 1.93
B. Rs. 7.20
C. 4
D. 0Explanation:
Sale after 40% discount = 60% of Rs. 500 = Rs. 300
Price after 36% discount = 64% of Rs. 500 = Rs. 320
Price after next 4% discount = 96% of Rs. 320 = Rs. 307.20
Difference in two prices = Rs. 7.20
A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in prices. If one needs to have a rebate of Rs. 40. Then how many shirts each costing Rs.32 he should purchase ?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5Explanation:
The number of shirts = X
Rebate = (25/100 × 32 X) = 8X
8X = 40 or X = 5
A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price. He then allows some discount on it and makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is _____ ?
A. 10%
B. 21%
C. 12%
D. 6%On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is ____ ?
A. Rs. 55
B. Rs. 60
C. Rs. 45
D. Rs. 50When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15% ?
A. Rs. 25,300
B. Rs. 25,800
C. Rs. 21,000
D. Rs. 22,500A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is ______ ?
A. 8%
B. 18%
C. 5%
D. No profit, no lossA trader marked the selling price of an article at 10% above the cost price. At the time of selling, he allows certain discount and suffers a loss of 1%. He allowed a discount of ______ ?
A. 11 %
B. 12.5 %
C. 10 %
D. 10.5 %