Question
A shopkeeper sold an article at a discount of 17%. If he
had given a discount of 9% in place of 17%, then he would have earned Rs. 108 more. If the cost price of the article is 20% less than its marked price, then find the cost price of the article.Solution
Let the marked price of the article is Rs. ‘x’. According to the question; 0.91x – 0.83x = 108 Or, 0.08x = 108 Or, x = 108/0.08 = 1350 Cost price of the article = (80/100) × 1350 = Rs. 1080
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6000 3002 1503 ? 378.75 191.375 97.6875
...If  204    196       223   x  284
Then, what is the average of the numbers of the above series?
...8   24    12    ?   18     54
3 ? 7 16 71 346
...104   106   110   113   ?   126
12, 18, 28, 42, 52, ?
18Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 29 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 51 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 84 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 128 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 182
5, 8, 17, ?, 37, 48
(32.03 + 111.98) ÷ 18.211 = 89.9 – 20.23% of ?