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Which of the following financial decisions relates to the short-term assets and liabilities of a business?

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Important Questions on Percentages

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A person purchased a table for 11000 and sold it for 13500. What is his gain percentage?

1. 19.8%
2. 20.6%
3. 22.7%
4. 22%

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Nita sold an article for Rs. 220 and earned a profit of 10%. At what cost should she sell to earn a profit of 30%?
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Karan purchased one dozen pens for 120 and sold a pack of $3$ pens for Rs. 35 each. What is his gain? 

1.16.67%
2. 20%
3.15%
4.33.33%

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A T.V. is bought for Rs. 42,000 and sold for Rs. 49,140. What is the gain percent?
EASY
A trader sells two cows for 8400 each, neither losing nor gaining in total. If he sold one of the cows at a gain of 20%, the other is sold at a loss of _____.
EASY
Shyam sold a bag for Rs. 598.9 at a gain of 13%. What was its cost price?
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Vinod purchased a Maruti van for 196000. Rate of fall of price per year of this van is 1427%. What will be its price after two years?

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Pankaj sells a trouser at a loss of 10%. If he buys it for 20% less price and sells it for Rs.9 more, he gains 15%. What is the cost price (in Rs) of the trouser? 
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A trader marks up his goods by 50%. However, he can sell only-third of his stock at this price. The half of the remaining stock is sold at a discount of 7.14% and the remaining at a discount of 16.67%. Find the overall profit percentage of the trader.
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A seller sold 34th of his goods at 24% profit. He sold the rest of the goods at cost price. What is percentage of his profit ?
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A shopkeeper sold a shirt for Rs. 728 at a loss of 9%. If he had sold for Rs. 792, what would have been the gain/loss percent?
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'A' bought a certain quantity of oranges at a total cost of Rs.1200. He sold 13rd of those oranges at 20% loss. If A earns at overall profits of 10%, at what profit percent did A sell the rest of the oranges?
EASY

Successive discounts of 20% and 10% are given on an item marked at Rs.700. Find the selling price.

EASY

A farmer purchased a piece of land for Rs. 18 lakh and spent Rs. 3 lakh for registration, fencing etc. He sold it for Rs. 24.57 lakh. Find his profit in percentage.

1. 15%
2. 14.15%
3. 16.5%
4. 17%

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By selling a bicycle for 2,850, a shopkeeper gains 14%. If the profit is reduced to 8%, then the selling price will be _____.
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The selling price of an item was Rs.616 after 12% profit was added. If the same item is sold for Rs.462, then what will be loss percentage? 
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Rahul sells two helmets at the rate of Rs. 1232 each. He gains 12% on one and loses 12% on the other. What will be the total loss (in Rs.) in the whole transaction?

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There is an article of Rs. 100. Its price is raised initially by 10% and then again by 10%. How many rupees have been increased ?
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A shopkeeper bought a table marked at 200 at successive discounts of 10% and 15% respectively. He spent 7 on transport and sold the table for 208. What will be his profit percentage?

EASY
A man buys a cycle for Rs.1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?