Let the distance from B to C be xkm ∴ A to C = 2x/5 km Upstream speed = 32 – 8 = 24 km/hr Downstream speed = 32 + 8 = 40km/hr Now, 7x/(5 × 24) + x/40 = 15 7x/120 + x/40 = 15 (7x + 3x)/120 = 15 x = 180 km
By Selling 3 dozen oranges for rupees 405, a trader loses 25%. How many oranges should he sell for 288 if he needs to earn a profit of 20% in the transa...
A bag of cost price of Rs. 10000 is marked up by a certain percentage, and a discount percent of twice the markup percent is offered on it. If there is ...
A businessman purchases 20 articles whose cost is equal to the selling price of 15 articles. The profit or loss percentage of the businessman is:
Profit percentage received on a product when sold for Rs.550 is equal to the percentage loss incurred when the same product is sold for Rs.380. Find the...
A shopkeeper purchased two rice bags, 'Brown Rice' and 'Basmati,' and sold them at identical prices. The bag of 'Brown Rice' was sold with a 20% profit,...
A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 600 each. If he sold one of them at 35% profit and the other at 25% loss, then find the difference between the ...
Some toffees were bought at rate of 11 for Rs10 and same number at the rate of 9 for Rs10. If the whole lot was sold at one rupee per toffee, then gain%...
A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 150% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 540 and 2...
Kiran sold an article at a certain price. Had she sold the article 1/5th of the price she had actually sold, she would have incurred a loss of 74%. Fin...
Find the profit percentage earned on a school bag if it was sold at Rs.1746 after offering a discount of 10% and the marked price of a school bag is Rs....
