Question
A trader marked an article 35% above its cost price and
sold it after allowing a discount of 25%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 20, then find the cost price of the articleSolution
Let the cost price of the article be Rs. ‘x’ Marked price of the article = x × 1.35 = Rs. ‘1.35x’ Selling price of the article = 1.35x × 0.75 = Rs. ‘1.0125x’ Profit = 1.0125x – x = Rs. ‘0.0125x’ ATQ; 0.0125x = 20 So, x = 1600 Therefore, cost price of the article is Rs. 1600.
If x varies inversely as (y2 – 1) and is equal to 40 when y = 5 then the value of x and y = 7 is
Find the digit which will come at the unit place after solving the following expression (769 × 394 × 942)
How many 100 digit positive numbers are there?
- Find the median of the following observations:
21, 28, 33, 19, 25, 30, 27 - A number gives a remainder of 14 when divided by 29. What will be the remainder when six times that number is divided by 29?
4 14 44 124 404
...If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20%, and denominator is decreased by 25%, then the fraction becomes 14/9. Find the original fraction.
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Find the value of 'a' in the given data if the mean of the given data is 27.
20, 25, 30, 28, 26, 24, a, 29, 22, 23
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