EASY
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Earn 100

By selling 144 hens, Mala lost the SP. of 6 hens. Find her loss %.

Important Questions on Percentage and Its Applications

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A shopkeeper sold two pair of jeans for 720 each, gaining 20% on one and losing 20% on the other. Find his gain or loss %.

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John bouhgt two horses at 20,000 each. He sold one horse at 15% gain. But he had to sell the second horse at a loss. If he had suffered a loss of 1800 on the whole transaction, find the selling price of the second horse.

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A shopkeeper buys two T.V sets of the same type. He sells one of them at a profit of 20% and the other at a loss of 5%. If the difference in selling price is 700, find the cost price of each T.V set.

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A publisher sells a book for 168 at a profit of 20%. If his cost of production increases by 30%, what should be the increase in the price of the book so that his percentage of profit remains the same?

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The difference in prices when a commodity is sold at a profit of 4% and at a profit of 6% is 3. Find the selling prices of the commodity in both the cases.

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A man buys a plot of land at 3,60,000. He sells one-third of the plot at a loss of 20%. Again, he sells two-thirds of the plot left at a profit of 25%.At what price should he sell the remaining plot in order to get a profit of 10% on the whole?

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A shopkeeper bought locks at the rate of 8 locks for  34 and sold them at the rate of 12 locks for  57. Calculate his gain percent.
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A shopkeeper bought locks at the rate of 8 locks for  34 and sold them at the rate of 12 locks for  57. Calculate his gain percent, and the number of locks he should sell to earn a profit of  45.