If a shirt costing Rs.385 is sold at a loss of 5% of the cost price, find the selling price.
A shopkeeper labelled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned in the deal ?
Profit earned by an organization is distributed among officers and clerks in the ratio of 5 : 3 respectively. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs.25,000, what was the total amount of profit earned?
The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 12 percent per annum. It was purchased three years ago. Its present value is Rs. 29644.032. What was the purchase price of the machine ?
The profit earned after selling an article for Rs. 878 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the article for Rs. 636. What is the cost price of the article?
A trader sells 145 metres of cloths for Rs. 12,325 at the profit of Rs. 10 per metre of cloth. What is cost price of 1 metre of cloth ?
The profit after selling a pair of trousers for Rs.863 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of trousers for Rs.631. What is the cost price of the pair of trousers?
