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To clamp down means to tie down. Since the ‘straining’ of equations is being talked about, only ‘clamping down’ from the given options would result to it.
Ramesh sets the price of an item at 36% above its cost price. If he raises the discount offered from 12% to 18%, his profit decre...
An electronic item is sold after two successive discounts of 25% and 10%. If the final selling price is Rs. 6,075, then what was the original marked pri...
The combined cost price of items X and Y is ₹ 450 and the overall profit after selling both is 20%. If the selling price of X is ₹ 300, what i...
A Shopkeeper sold an article at 20% loss. If he had sold it for Rs. 420/- more, he would have made 40% profit, find the selling price of the article?
An item is marked up by Q% above its cost price. If a shopkeeper gives a 30% discount and still makes a profit of 40%, what discount should be given to ...
A fruit vendor sold 'N' kg of mangoes at ₹120/kg. If he purchased the mangoes at ₹(5N - 4)/kg, then his profit percentage is 25%. Find the loss perc...
A trader marked an article 40% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 25%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 30, the...
The difference between the selling price on a discount of 32% and two successive discounts of 20% each on a certain bill is ₹25. Find the actual amoun...
The cost price of 15 mangoes is Rs.220. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price o...