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If a dealer were to diminish the selling price of his wares by 10% he would double his sale making the same profit as before. In what ratio would his profit diminish if he were to increase his selling price by 10% and thereby half his sale?

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Important Questions on Review Tests - Block III

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A can is full of paint. Out of this 5 litres is removed and a thinning liquid substituted. The process is repeated. Now the ratio of paint to thinner is 49:15. What is the full capacity of the can?
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KachuaBhaiya started to move from point B towards point A exactly an hour after Jiggly Pup started from A in the opposite direction. KachuaBhaiyas’s speed was twice that of Jiggly Pup. When Jiggly Pup had covered one-sixth of the distance between the points A and B . KachuaBhaiya had also covered the same distance.

The point where the two would meet is

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KachuaBhaiya started to move from point B towards point A exactly an hour after Jiggly Pup started from A in the opposite direction. KachuaBhaiyas’s speed was twice that of Jiggly Pup. When Jiggly Pup had covered one-sixth of the distance between the points A and B . KachuaBhaiya had also covered the same distance.

How many hours would Jiggly Pup take to reach B?

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KachuaBhaiya started to move from point B towards point A exactly an hour after Jiggly Pup started from A in the opposite direction. KachuaBhaiyas’s speed was twice that of Jiggly Pup. When Jiggly Pup had covered one-sixth of the distance between the points A and B . KachuaBhaiya had also covered the same distance.

How many more hours would Jiggly Pup (comparedTo KachuaBhaiya) take to complete his journey?

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A group of workers was put on a publishing job. From the second day onwards one worker was with drawn each day. The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been with drawn at any stage, the group would have finished I the job in two-thirds the time. How many workers were there in the group?
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A ship leaves on a long voyage. When it is 18 miles from the shore, a seaplane, whose speed is ten times that of the ship, is sent to deliver mail. How far from the shore does the seaplane catch up with the ship?
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One man can do as a woman can do in 2 days. A child does one-third the work in a day as a woman. If an estate-owner hires 39 pairs of hands, men, women and children in the ratio 6:5:2 and pays them in all 1113 at the end of days work, what must the daily wages of a child be, if the wages are proportional to the amount of work done?
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A water tank has three taps A, B and C. A fills four buckets in 24 mins, B fills 8 buckets in 1 hour and C fills 2 buckets in 20 minutes. If all the taps are opened together a full tank is emptied in 2 hours. If a bucket can hold 5 litres of water, what is the capacity of the tank?