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181 Traders A and B buy two goods for ₹ 1000 and ₹ 2000 respectively. Trader A marks his goods up by x%, while trader B marks his goods up by 2x% and offers a discount of x%. If both make the same non-zero profit, find x:

A
25%
B
12.5%
C
37.5%
D
40%

182 A trader sells wheat at 20% profit and uses weight 20% less than the actual measure. His gain per cent is

A
35%
B
38%
C
48%
D
50%

183 A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for ₹ 390. He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a profit of ₹ 51.50. The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to ..:

A
₹ 110
B
₹ 100
C
₹ 80
D
₹ 120

184 Two numbers are 30% and 60% lesser than a third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make it equal to the first number?

A
75 percent
B
42.86 percent
C
30 percent
D
50 percent

185 A dealer buys an article marked at X 25000 with 20% and 5% off. He spends X 2000 on it's repair and sells it for ₹ 25000. What is his gain or loss percent?

A
21% loss
B
10.50% loss
C
19.05% gain
D
25% gain

186 If 1 dupatta is offered free on purchase of 4 dupattas priced ₹ 1300 each what is the effective discount on each dupatta?

A
66.67 percent
B
20 percent
C
25 percent
D
12.5 percent

187 A shopkeeper by selling 22 Skechers shoes, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 6 Skechers shoes. His profit percentage is:

A
27.2 percent
B
37.5 percent
C
54.4 percent
D
16.9 percent

188 A man buys 35 kg of sugar and sets a marked price in order to make a 20% profit. He sells 5 kg at this price, and 15 kg at a 10% discount. Accidentally, 3 kg of sugar is wasted. He sells the remaining sugar by raising the marked price by p percent so as to make an overall profit of 15%. Then p is nearest to

A
35
B
31
C
22
D
25

189 A person spent ₹ 50000 to purchase a desktop computer and a laptop computer. He sold the desktop at 20% profit and the laptop at 10% loss. If overall he made a 2% profit then the purchase price, in rupees, of the desktop is:

A
18000
B
19000
C
20000
D
25000

190 Mukesh purchased 10 bicycles in 2017, all at the same price. He sold six of these at a profit of 25% and the remaining four at a loss of 25%. If he made a total profit of ₹ 2000, then his purchase price of a bicycle, in Rupees, was

A
2000
B
6000
C
8000
D
4000