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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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 5

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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 6

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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 7

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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 8

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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 9

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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 10

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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 11

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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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 12

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.

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