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A trader sells 10 litres of a mixture of paints A and B, where the amount of B in the mixture does not exceed that of A. The cost of paint A per litre is 8 more than that of paint B. If the trader sells the entire mixture for 264 and makes a profit of 10%, then the highest possible cost of paint B, int per litre, is

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Important Questions on Arithmetic

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A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg. He then sold 8 kg of peanuts at a profit of 10% and 16 kg of walnuts at a profit of 20% to a shopkeeper. However, the shopkeeper lost 5 kg of walnuts and 3 kg of peanuts in transit. He then mixed the remaining nuts and sold the mixture at 166 per kg, thus making an overall profit of 25%. At what price, in per kg, did the wholesaler buy the walnuts?
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If a seller gives a discount of 15% on retail price, she still makes a profit of 2%. Which of the following ensures that she makes a profit of 20% ?
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In a market, the price of medium quality mangoes is half that of good mangoes. A shopkeeper buys 80 kg good mangoes and 40 kg medium quality mangoes from the market and then sells all these at a common price which is 10% less than the price at which he bought the good ones. His overall profit is:
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If Fatima sells 60 identical toys at a 40% discount on the printed price, then she makes 20% profit. Ten of these toys are destroyed in fire. While selling the rest, how much discount should be given on the printed price so that she can make the same amount of profit?
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The manufacturer of a table sells it to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells the table to a retailer at a profit of 30%. Finally, the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 50% If the customer pays 4290 for the table, then its manufacturing cost (in ) is
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Mayank buys some candies for 15 a dozen and an equal number of different candies for 12 a dozen. He sells all for 16.50 a dozen and makes a profit of 150. How many dozens of candies did he buy altogether?
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A shop, which sold same marked price shirts, announced an offer - if one buys three shirts then the fourth shirt is sold at a discounted price of 100  only. Patel took the offer. He left the shop with 20 shirts after paying 20,000 .  What is the marked price of a shirt?
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Rani bought more apples than oranges. She sells apples at 23 apiece and makes 15% profit. She sells oranges at 10 apiece and makes 25% profit. If she gets 653 after selling all the apples and oranges, find her profit percentage.