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In Question 1, after how many such percentage discounts in succession will the effective discount be higher than 50% ?

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My Alliance India phone bill for the month of May is B. On top of this, there is a service tax of S%, which has to be levied upon this value. However, since they are having a guilt feeling of overcharging their customers fraudulently, they offer a discount of D% also on top of this. So, my billing goes like this  BS%D% Final Bill

But surprisingly, my final bill is equal to B itself. Now, which of the following is true regarding S and D (assume all the values to be positive)?

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Assuming percentage to be true for all the real values, which of the following can be true?

40% of A=60% of B

(i) A>B

(ii) B>A

(iii) B=A

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A manufacturer of detergent cakes increased the price of his product, and as a result of which, there was a decrease of 20% in its sales. If the sales turnover increases by 20% due to this change, then what was the percentage increase in the price?
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In the recently concluded referendum in New York, regarding calling back US troops from Iraq, 600 people voted on a referendum, but after some discussion, the opponents increased by 150%. The motion was then rejected by a majority two times as great as that by which it was formerly passed. How many people voted against the initial referendum?
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The number of students present in the class of Manoj Yadav is M, and out of those M students, 22.1875% are stupids. If the number of stupids in the class is N, then what can be the minimum value of M+N ?
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If 75% of a class of 40 students can sing and only 20% cannot dance, the maximum number of students who can neither sing nor dance is:
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There are four contestants A, B, C and D in the assembly election from the Bihar Sharif constituency. It is given that none of the contestants got less than 1% of the valid vote.

Consider the following statements in isolation to each other:

(i) A got 49% of the total valid votes.

(ii) B got 55% of the total votes.

(iii) C got 46% of the total valid votes.

(iv) D got 48% of the total valid votes.

With how many of the following statements when used independently, it is possible to find out the winner of the election?

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For admission in a graduation program of Delhi University, 90% of the candidates who appeared for the written test were males and the rest were females; 60% of the males and 80% of the females passed in the written test. Find the total number of students appeared for the written test, if the total number of passed candidates was 1240.