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.
The item "Butter" is marked up by Rs. 490 above the cost price. Subsequently, a discount is applied, resulting in a 12% profit for the entire transactio...
The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 6,250 is 4/9th the loss incurred on selling the same article for Rs. 3,500. Find the selling price of th...
A man bought an article at 30% less of the marked price and sold it at 12% more than the marked price. Find the profit earned by him.
...An item is initially priced 36% higher than its cost price. After applying a 25% discount, it sells for a profit of Rs. 30. If, instead, the item is mar...
A piece of furniture is marked 60% above its cost price and is sold for Rs. 1,512 after giving two successive discounts of 15% and 10%, respectively. De...
Sunset Publications sold a testbook for Rs. 230 and made a profit of 15% on CP and sold a Encyclopedia for Rs. 805 and made a profit of 20% on its CP. ...
Shyam determined that his profit is 20% of the selling price. What is his actual profit percentage based on the cost price?
A shopkeeper obtained an accessory for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 170% above its cost price, then sold it after offering two successive discounts of 1000...
Rohan bought a motor-cycle at a discount of 13(1/3) % on MRP. He earned half the amount of his CP by renting it for 400 days. After that he resells it ...
A Shopkeeper marks his goods 50% above a CP and gives 30% discount to customer. At the time of selling the goods he uses 800 gm weight instead of 1 kg. ...
