Manoj sold an article for Rs.15,000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price he would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the cost price?
Naresh purchased a TV set for Rs. 11,250 after getting discount of 10% on the labelled price. He spent Rs. 150 on transport and Rs. 800 on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would have been 15% if no discount was offered?
Deepa bought a calculator at 30% discount on the listed price. Had she not got the discount, she would have paid Rs. 82.50 extra. At what price did she buy the calculator?
A container has 30 litres of water. If 3 litres of water is replaced by 3 litres of spirit and this operation is repeated twice, what will be the quantity of water in the new mixture?
A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the proportions 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, proportion of gold and copper in C will be
To x litres of an x% solution of acid, y litres of water is added to get (x -10)% solution of acid. If x > 20, then value of y is
Two barrels contain a mixture of ethanol and gasoline. The content of the ethanol is 60% in the first barrel and 30% in the second barrel. In what ratio must the mixtures from the first and the second barrels be taken to form a mixture containing 50% ethanol ?
