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A men's clothing retailer order $ $$25,400$$ worth of outer garments and receives a discount of $$15$$% followed by an additional discount of $$10$$%. What is the cost of the clothing after these two discounts?

If an item is purchased at $ $$150$$ and sold at $ $$165$$, what percent of the original cost is the profit?

Rajesh bought an arm-chair for Rs. $$2200$$ and sold it for Rs. $$2420$$. Find his profit percent.

Mr. Ambani purchased a car of $$3,00,000$$ and a bike for his son for $$1,00,000$$. He sold the car at a profit of $$10$$% and bike at a loss of $$20$$%. What is the net gain or loss?

A barrel of crude oil is extracted from shale at a cost of $$\$51$$, and then transported to and from the refinery at a cost of $$\$6$$ each direction. Oil is processed three times at the refinery plant, at a cost of $$\$9$$ each time. What is the profit, in dollars per barrel, if one barrel is sold for $$\$93$$? (Profit is equal to revenue minus expenses.)

Sunita is making a profit of $$25$$% on her selling price. What is her actual profit percentage?

If an article is sold at $$8\%$$ profit instead of $$8\%$$ loss, it would have brought Rs. $$12$$ more, what is the cost price of the article?

Round to the nearest whole number: What is 17/68, as a percent?

What principal will amount to Rs. $$9,744$$ in two years, if the rates of interest for successive years are $$16$$% and $$20$$% respectively?

In a certain store, the profit is $$320$$% of the cost. If the cost increases by $$25$$% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?