The idiom "wet behind the ears" means to be inexperienced or naive. In this sentence, the new employee is inexperienced, but he quickly learns the ropes. The idiom "wet behind the ears" is the most appropriate option in this context.
A shopkeeper bought 80 identical books priced at Rs. 320 each. He spent a total of Rs. 3600 on transportation and packaging. He put the label of...
A shopkeeper sold an article at marked price and got a profit of 50%. If he had given a discount of 20%, then find his new profit percent.
A shopkeeper sold an article after offering two successive discounts of 15% and 10%, respectively. The marked price of the article is Rs. 2200. If the c...
A Shopkeeper marks his goods 50% above a CP and gives 30% discount to customer. At the time of selling the goods he uses 800 gm weight instead of 1 kg. ...
An item is initially marked up by 20%, followed by a 10% discount, and sold for Rs. 756. If the goal is to achieve double the pro...
A fruit seller buys oranges at the rate of 15 for ₹60. How many oranges should he sell for ₹60 to gain 25%?
In a fruit shop, there are 750 fruits in total. Unfortunately, 20% of them are rotten and unsellable. From the good fruits left, half are sold at the c...
A man bought an article at 25% less of the marked price and sold it at 15% more than the marked price. Find the profit earned by him.
...A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 25% above the cost price. He sells his goods at a 5% discount marked price. His percentage of profit (ro...
A shopkeeper buys 20 articles for ₹5000 and sells them at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price of each article?
