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A shopkeeper buys an article at $$70\%$$ of its printed price. He spends $$Rs.\ 40$$ on transportation of the article. After charging Sales Tax at the rate of $$10\%$$ on the printed price, he sells the article for $$Rs.\ 7,040.$$ Find his profit as a percent to the nearest integer.

Two merchants sell, each an article for Rs. $$1000$$. If merchant $$A$$ computes his profit on cost price, while merchant $$B$$ computes his profit on selling price, they end up making profits of $$25\%$$. By how much is the profit made by Merchant $$B$$ greater than that of Merchant $$A$$?

A man buys an article for Rs. $$27.50$$ and sells it for Rs. $$28.60$$. Find his gain percent.

If the cost price is $$96\%$$ of the selling price, then what is profit percent?

By selling a jeans for Rs. $$432$$, John loses $$4\%$$. For how much should John sell it to gain $$6\%$$?

A merchant marks his goods in such a way that the profit on sale of $$50$$ articles is equal to the selling price of $$25$$ articles. What is his profit margin ?

The cost of an article is decreased by $$15$$ $$\%$$. If the original cost is Rs. $$80$$, find the new cost.

The ratio in which tea costing Rs. $$192$$ per kg is to be mixed with tea costing Rs. $$150$$ per kg, so that the mixed tea when sold for Rs. $$194.40$$ per kg, gives a profit of $$20 \%$$

The price of a TV is Rs. $$13,000$$. The sales tax  on it is $$12\%$$. Find the amount that Vinod will have to pay if he buys it.

A store currently charges the same price for each towel that it sells. If the current price of each towel were to be increased by $1, 10 fewer of the towels could be bought for $120, excluding sales tax. What is the current price of each towel?