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A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of a certain article and makes a profit of 12.5%. If the article cost the shopkeeper 360, what price must be marked on the article?

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A camera shop allows a discount of 15% on the advertised price of a camera. What price must be marked on the camera, that costs him 600, so that he makes a profit of 19%?
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A watch dealer pays 20% custom duty on a watch that cost 450 abroad. For how much should he mark it, if he desires to make a profit of 25% after giving a discount of 20% to the buyer?
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A shopkeeper buys an article for 1200 and marks it for sale at a price that gives him 60% profit on his cost. He, however, gives a 35% discount on the marked price to his customer. Calculate the actual percentage profit made by the shopkeeper.
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In the land of the famous milkman Merghese Durian, a milkman sells his buffalo for 15,400 at some profit. Had he sold his buffalo at 8200, the quantum of the loss incurred would have been double that of the profit earned. What is the cost price?
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A trader purchases apples at 70 per hundred. He spends 10% on the transportation. What should be the selling price per 100 to earn a profit of 30%?
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell at cost price but uses a 800 gram weight instead of a 1 kilogram weight. Find the percent profit to the dealer.
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Mithilesh makes 750 articles at a cost of 60 paise per article. He fixes the selling price such that if only 600 articles are sold, he would have made a profit of 40% on the outlay. However, 120 articles got spoilt and he was able to sell 630 articles at this price. Find his actual profit percent as the percentage of total outlay assuming that the unsold articles are useless.
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A manufacturer estimates that on inspection 12% of the articles he produces will be rejected. He accepts an order to supply 22,000 articles at 7.50 each. He estimates the profit on his outlay including the manufacturing of rejected articles, to be 20%. Find the cost of manufacturing each article.