A shopkeeper sells a cricket bat whose marked price is Rs.60 at a discount of 20% and gives a ball costing Rs.3 free with each bat. Even then he makes a profit of 25%. His cost per bat is. Answer : Marked price = Rs.60 Selling price = Rs [(80/100 * 60) – 3] = Rs.45 Let cost price brRs ‘x’. Then 125% of x = 45 (125/100 * x) = 45 Cost price of one bat = Rs.36...
A shopkeeper sells speaker at the rate of Rs 914each and earns the commission of 4%. He also sells phones at the rate of Rs 160each and earns a commission of 20%. How much amount of commission will he earn in two weeks if he sells 20 speaker and 12phones per day? Answer : Sp of modem=Rs 914 Commission of one speaker =4*914/100 Commission of 20 speakers = 4*914*20/100=Rs 731.2 Commission of one phone = 20*160/100 Commission of 12 phones = 20*160*12/100=384 Total ... 384) = 1115.2 The amount of commission will he earn in 2 weeks = 1115.2*14= Rs 15,612.8...
Sasi is a badham merchant in kerala. He has badham in sealed wooden boxes of 15kg each. The price of the badham increases by Rs.30 per kg for every year, but at the same time, 10% of the badham are ... if he sells a sealed box after one year of storage, rather than selling it fresh ?( In Rs.) Answer : Price of 1kg fresh batham= Rs.240 Therefore, price of 15kg = Rs.15*240= 3600 10% of 15kg which eaten by rodents = 10 x 15/100 = 1.5kg. So, End of Year he had 15kg - 1.5kg = 13.5kg So, ... box with badham for Rs.3600 and sell that for Rs. 3645 So, profit = 3645-3600= Rs.45 more money he get....
Swetha purchased 160kg of ragi at Rs.27 per kg and mixed it with 240kg ragi at Rs.32 per kg. At what rate should she sell the mixture to gain 32% profit? Answer : Cost price of 400kg of mixture = Rs(160 * 27 = 240 *32) = Rs12000 Selling price = 132% of Rs 12000 = 132/100 * 12000 = 15,840 Rate of selling price of the mixture = Rs 15840/400 = Rs.39.60 per kg...
A seller mixes 52 kg of ragi at Rs. 40 per kg with 60 kg of ragi of other variety at Rs.72per kg and sells the mixture at Rs.60 per kg. His profit percent is: Answer : C.P. of 112 kg rice = Rs. (52x 40 + 60 x 72) = Rs. (2080+4320) = Rs. 6400. S.P. of 112 kg rice = Rs. (112 x 60) = Rs. 6720 Gain=320 Gain %= 320*100/6400 Gain %=5...
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