Question
A Shopkeeper gives 4 articles free on the purchase of
every 12 articles. He also allow a discount of 20% to customer and still earn 20% profit. Find the ratio of the cost price to the marked price of the article?Solution
Offer of the Shopkeeper: Buy 12 get 4 free = 16 articles Let the marked price of 1 article be Rs. 10 Marked Price of 16 articles = 10× 16 = 160 Selling Price of 12 articles = 10 × 12 = 120 Actual Selling Price of 12 articles (less discount) = 120 – 24 = 96 Profit % = 20 % ∴  Cost Price = 96 ×  100/120 = 80 Cost Price : Marked Price = 80 : 160 = 1:2
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Give and take
She rejected his proposal of marriage point-blank.
...Choose the correct replacement for the bold phrase.
After several hours of negotiation, the two companies finally called up an agreement that b...
To bite the dust
In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses ...
- An idiom/phrase is given in bold. Following this idiom/phrase are given three sentences, which use the given idiom/phrase. The idiom/phrase may or may not ...
Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom in the given sentence.
The lecture by the French professor seemed Latin and Greek to the ...
Fill in the blank given below using the correct idiom.Â
The team worked tirelessly to meet the deadline, but the unexpected technical issues w...
Break a leg
Select the idiom/phrase that most accurately and contextually replaces the bolded segment.
The detective wasted weeks pursuing an incorrect l...
Relevant for Exams:
