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Alok and Bimal have, between them, $₹ 12000$ . Alok spends $12 %$ of his money, while Bimal spends $20 %$ of his money. They are then left with a sum that constitutes $85 %$ of the whole sum. Find what amount is left with Alok.

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 28

In order to maximise his gain, a theatre owner decides to reduce the price of tickets by

20 %

and as a result of this, the sales of tickets increase by

40 %

. If, as a result of these changes, he is able to increase his weekly collection by

₹ 168000

, find by what value did the gross collection increase per day.

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 29

In a town consisting of three localities A, B and C, the population of the three localities A, B and C are in the ratio

9 : 8 : 3

. In locality A,

80 %

of the people are literate, while in locality B,

30 %

of the people are literate. If

90 %

people in locality C are literate, find the percentage literacy in the town.

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 30

To pass an examination,

30 %

marks are essential. A obtains

20 %

marks less than the pass marks and B obtains

50 %

marks less than A. What percent less than the sum of A's and B's marks should C obtain to pass the exam?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 34

800

people were supposed to vote on a resolution, but

\frac{2}{3}

of the people who had decided to vote for the motion were abducted. However, the opponents of the motion, through some means managed to increase their strength by

100 %

. The motion was then rejected by a majority, which was

50 %

of that by which it would have been passed if none of these changes had occurred. How many people finally voted for the motion and against the motion?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 35

At IIM Bangalore,

60 %

of the students are boys and the rest are girls. Further,

15 %

of the boys and

7.5 %

of the girls are getting a fee waiver. If the number of those getting a fee waiver is

90

, find the total number of students getting

50 %

concession if it is given that

50 %

of those not getting a fee waiver are eligible to get half fee concession?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 36

A watch gains by

2 %

per hour when the temperature is in the range of

40^{°} C - 50^{°} C

and it loses at the same rate when the temperature is in the range of

20^{°} C - 30^{°} C

. However, the watch owner is fortunate since it runs on time in all other temperature ranges. On a sunny day, the temperature started soaring up from

8 AM

in the morning at the uniform rate of

2^{°} C

per hour and sometime during the afternoon, it started coming down at the same rate. Find what time will it be by the watch at

7 PM

, if at

8 AM

, the temperature was

32^{°} C

and at

4 PM

, it was

40^{°} C

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 37

There were

' a' ₹ 10

notes and

' b' ₹ 100

notes. If there had been

' a' ₹ 100

notes and

' b' ₹ 10

notes, the amount would have been

200 %

more. Find the minimum possible value of

a, if 1 \leq b \leq 20

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 38

In a garment shop, there are four types of shirts namely,

w, x, y, z

. There are

20 %

more shirts of type

' x'

than type

' w'

20 %

less shirts of type

' x'

than type

' y'

and there are

30 %

more shirts of type

' z'

than type

' x'

. If there are

156

shirts of type

' z'

, then find the total number of shirts.

Alok and Bimal have, between them, ₹12000. Alok spends 12% of his money, while Bimal spends 20% of his money. They are then left with a sum that constitutes 85% of the whole sum. Find what amount is left with Alok.

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Alok and Bimal have, between them, $₹ 12000$ . Alok spends $12 %$ of his money, while Bimal spends $20 %$ of his money. They are then left with a sum that constitutes $85 %$ of the whole sum. Find what amount is left with Alok.