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A shopkeeper finds that if he increases the selling price of an article by  15, the profit increases from 12 per cent to 16 per cent. What is the ratio of two selling prices?

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The cost price of 4 pens and 5 calculators is  330. If the pens are sold at 25 per cent loss and calculators at 25 per cent profit, the total selling price is  372.50. Find the CP of each pen
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Ratio of cost price to selling price of an article is

5 : 6. If 20% discount is offered on marked price of article then marked price is what percent more than cost price?

 

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Some toffees are bought at the rate of 11 for Rs 10 and the same number at the rate of 9 for Rs 10. If the lot is sold at one rupee per toffee, find the gain or loss percent on the whole transaction. (in percentage)
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Ramya purchased an item for  46,000 and sold it at a loss of 12 per cent. With that amount she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 12 per cent. What was her overall gain/loss?
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A shopkeeper sells shirts at the rate of  400 per shirt and allows a discount of 10 per cent to all customers buying by full cash payment and for the customers buying 10 shirts at a time he gives 2 free. If a customer is willing to take both the discounts, what net effective discount can he avail?
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The cost price of a calculator is 5 times of its profit. If the shopkeeper earns 25 per cent profit by selling the thing at  401.25, then find the original profit in rupees.
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A man sells two clocks for  1,900. Cost price of the first clock is equal to the selling price of the second clock.If the first is sold at 10 per cent loss and the second is sold at 25 per cent gain, what is his total loss or gain in rupees?
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A dishonest trader professes to sell rice at cost price using false weights, but he gains 30 per cent. What does he use for 1 kg weight?