A certain sum gives the interest equals to 3/5th of the sum when invested for 5 years at simple interest. Find the rate of simple interest.
Let the sum invested be Rs. x and the rate of the interest be r% p.a. According to the question, (x × 5 × r)/100 = 3x/5 Or, r = 12%
A bought a laptop for Rs.20000. He spent 20% of the amount that he had paid for buying it for its repair. He then sold the laptop to B and earned a prof...
A shopkeeper sold an article after giving a discount of 24% and made a profit of Rs.32. Find the difference between the marked price and selling price o...
A shirt is marked 20% above the cost price and sold after a discount of Rs.104 at Rs.400. Find the cost price of the shirt.
Mr. Kiran sold a bus for Rs. 18,700 at a loss of 15%. At what price should the bus be sold to get a profit of 15% ?
P purchased a book from registered store and gets 14% discount while Q purchased the same book from a roadside stall and got 19% discount. If Q paid Rs....
The marked price of an article in two different shops P and Q is Rs 1200 and Rs X respectively. In shop P the article is available at two successive dis...
Marked price of an article is Rs.320 more than its cost price. If profit earned is equal to the discount given then find the profit earned?
A shopkeeper acquires 24 pens at Rs. 900 each and 12 geometry boxes at Rs. 300 each. Later, he sells 2 pens to each of the 12 students, presenting them ...
The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 9,200 is 3/4th the loss incurred on selling the same article for Rs. 6,000. Find the selling price of th...
Each of the articles was marked 25% above its cost price and while selling 12% discount was given on it. The cost price of article M is Rs. 500 more tha...
