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The prices of two articles are in the ratio 3 : 2 respectively. The price of the first article is increased by 40% and that of the second article is decreased by x%. If the new ratio of both the articles is : 7 : 3 then what is the value of x?

If the diameter of a wire is decreased by 10% by how much per cent (approximately) will the length be increased to keep the volume constant?

When a number is increased by 24, it becomes 115% of itself. What is the number?

0.08% of 120% of 40,000 is equal to___.

95 percent of 4598 will be___

The price of an article is reduced by 25% but the daily sale of the article is increased by 30%. The net effect on the daily sale receipts is

The price of tea increase by 32 % and so a housewife s expenditure on tea also increases by 10%. If she bought 10 kg earlier, what is the quantity bought now?

75% of a number is equal to three-seventh of another number. What is the ratio between the first number and the second number respectively?

A person who spends $$ 16{2 over3} % $$ of his income is able to save 1200 per month. His monthly expenses (in) is:

The income of C is 20 % more than B's and the income of B is 25 % more than A s. Find by how much percent is C's income more than A s?

With the increase in the price of sugar by 45%, a consumer can buy 9 kg less sugar for Rs. 1740. What is the increased price per kg of sugar?

Given that, 10 % of A's income = 15 % of B's income = 20 % of C's income. If sum of their incomes is 7800, then B's income is :

The rate of wheat increased by 25%. How many percent may the use of wheat be reduced so that the expenditure on that item remains the same?

A shopkeeper has certain number of eggs of which 5% are found to be broken. He sells 93% of the remainder and still has 266 eggs left. How many eggs did he originally have?

A businessman s earning increases by 25% in one year but decreases by 4% in the next. After 5 years his total earnings would be Rs. 72,000. What is the present earning?

A person has some amount with him. 25% of it is stolen in a bus, 10% is lost through a hole in the pocket, 50% of remainder is spent on food. He then purchases a book worth Rs. 26 from the remainder. He walks back home because all his money is over. What was the initial amount?

Last financial year, a car company sold 41,800 cars. The target is to sell 51,300 cars this year. What percentage would sales have to increase?

The length of a rectangle is increased by 60% then by how much % should the breadth be reduced so that its area does not change?

Tanu invested 50% more than Heena, Heena invested 20% less than Jaya. If the total sum of their investments is Rs. 30000, how much amount did Jaya invest?

A merchant marks his goods at Rs. 900 and allows a discount of 25%. If he still gain 12.5%, then the cost price of the article is

Ram divided his total property between his two sons. The elder son received 70% of the total property. If the elder son donates Rs. 8500 in charity then the total property remained with him will be 20% more than that of younger son. What was the difference between the total property received by the elder son and that by younger son?

In a college Anjana scored 80 marks out of 150 in History and 95 marks out of 120 in English. If she wants to score 70% marks in 3 subjects, find the minimum marks she should score in Geography out of 100.

A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly salary?

A dozen pairs of socks quoted at 180 are available at a discount of 20 %. How many pairs of socks can be bought for 48?

Two students appeared for an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks were 56 % of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are

If the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and its breadth is decreased by 20%, its area:

A businessman bought an article and sold it at a loss of 5%. If he had bought it for 10% less and sold it for Rs. 33 more, he would have had a profit of 30%. The cost price of the article is

In a college the number of students studying Arts, Commerce and Science are in the ratio of 3:5:8 respectively. If the number of students studying Arts, Commerce and Science is increased by 20%, 40%, and 25% respectively, what will be the new ratio of students in Arts, Commerce and Science respectively?

In an office, 70% of the total number of employees are females. 80 % of the total number of employees, including 85 males, got promotion. If there are 105 female employees, then what percentage of female employees got promotion?

Mohan gets 4 marks for each correct sum and losses 1 marks for each wrong sum. He attempted 30 sum and obtains 50 marks. The number of sums solved correctly is?

On selling an article on certain price a shopkeeper gets a loss of x%. If he doubles the selling price he will get a profit of 30%. Find the value of x.

The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% per annum. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its present value is Rs.53071.20, the purchase price of the machine was:

A man spends a part of his monthly income and saves the rest. The ratio of his expenditure to the saving is 61 : 6. If his monthly income is Rs .8710, the amount of his monthly saving is

Two numbers are 90 % and 75 % lesser than a third number. By what % should the first number be increased so that it becomes equal to the second number?

A man's annual income has increased by Rs. 5 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12 % to 10 %. He now pays Rs. 10,000 more income tax. What is his increased income (in Rs. lakhs)?

40 % are the passing marks. A student gets 250 marks yet fails by 38 marks. What are the maximum marks?

In a moter of 120 machine parts, 5 % parts were defective, in another motor of 80 machine parts, 10 % parts were defective. For the two motors considered together, the percentage of defective machine parts were

In an election 10 % of the voters on the voter's list did not cast their votes and 60 voters cast their ballot paper blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47 % of all the voters in the list and he got 308 votes more than his rival. The number of voters on the list was

If "basis points" are defined so that 1 percent is equal to 100 basis points, then by how many basis points is 82.5 percent greater than 62.5 percent.

In an office, 40 % of the staff is female. 70 % of the female staff and 50 % of the male staff are married. The percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is

If C.P of 20 tables is equal to the S.P of 25 tables. Find the loss percentage.

The strength of a school increases and decreases in every alternate year by 10 %. It started with increase in 2000, then the strength of the school in 2003 as compared to that in 2000 was :

The difference between the value of the number increased by 20 % and the value of the number decreased by 25 % is 36. Find the number.

If X is 20% less than Y, then find the value of $${Y-X over Y}$$ and $${X over X-Y }$$

25% of 120 + 40% of 380 = ? of 637

What percentage of the whole week does Ajay spend in office, if his office hours are 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday?

Ram saves 14 % of his salary while Shyam saves 22 % . If both get the same salary and Shyam saves 1540, what is the savings of Ram?

A student scored 32 % marks in science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out of 200 if he is to get overall 46 % marks?

In an examination, 93 % of students passed and 259 failed. The total number of students appearing at the examination was:

0.001 is equivalent to: