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The wages of an employee were first reduced by 40% and then increased by 50%. What was the percentage of loss?

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Important Questions on Percentages

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Rahul's salary is 50% more than Rohit's salary. If Rahul saves Rs. 2250 which is 8% of his salary, then what is Rohit's salary (in Rs.) ?
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35% of a number is 91. What is the number?
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In an election, a candidate secures 40% of the votes but is defeated by the only other candidate by a majority of 298 votes. Find the total number of votes recorded.
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What is the value of 88% of 1125 + 20% of 425?
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There are 1500 students in a school, 15% are Muslims, 7% are Sikhs, 8% are Christians and remaining are Hindus. How many Hindu students are there in the school?

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If 15% of (x + y) = 45% of (x - y), then y is how much percent of x?

 

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A man spends 60% of his income on different items. His income is increased by 20% and his expenditure is also increased by 10%. Find the percentage decrease in his savings.
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What is the value of 20% of 30% of 7200
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In a shopping mall the cost of an article was increased by 10% and then it was decreased by 10%. The net increase or decrease percent is:
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12% of what number is equal to 30% of 960
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There are 40% women workers in an office. 40% women and 60% men of that office voted for in my favour. What is percentage of total votes in my favour ?
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A man spends 65% of his income and saves the rest. If his income increases by 25% and spending increases by 20%, then what is the percentage change in his savings?
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Current salary of Kriti is 4800. There will be increase of 15% in it in next year, what  will be the increased salary of Kriti after increment?

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A man saves 64% of his income in 8 months. If he wants to save the same amount in 4 months, then by how much percentage should he increase his monthly savings?
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If the price of an article is increased by 33.33%, by what percent should its consumption be reduced so that expenditure on the product remains same? 

(A) 20% 

(B) 16.67% 

(C) 14.28% 

(D) 25% 

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A student obtained 17 marks out of 20 marks. Find his percentage of marks. 

(A) 85% 

(B) 80% 

(C) 83% 

(D) 82% 

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A small scale soap business has the following expenses: 10% on marketing, 65% on employees salary and 25% on raw materials. If the business pays a total salary of Rs. 65,000 then what is its marketing expense?

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The population of a city was 70000, it increased by 8%. What is the population now?  
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In an election there were only two candidates. One of the candidates secured 40% of votes and is defeated by the other candidate by 298 votes. The total number of votes polled is ?