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The present population of a town is $$35,000$$. If the population becomes $$35,700$$ next year, the rate of growth is

The population of a town increases from $$10000$$ to $$10400$$. The growth rate is

A scooter was bought at $$\text{Rs. } 42000$$. Its value depreciated at the rate of $$8\%$$ per annum, find its value after one year.

By selling a pen for $$\text{Rs. } 15$$, a man loses one-sixteenth of what it costs him. Find the cost price of one pen.

Jill is putting a tile floor in her kitchen. She needs $$52$$ tiles to cover the whole floor. There are $$24$$ tiles in a box. A box costs $$Rs$$. $$23.95$$. Individual tiles cost $$Rs$$. $$2.95$$. Sales tax is $$5\%$$. How much will $$52$$ tiles cost approximately, including sales tax?

What percentage of a day is six hours and 45 minutes?

A shopkeeper sold sarees at $$\text{Rs. }266$$ each after giving a $$5 \%$$ discount on labeled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of $$12 \%$$ on the cost price. what was the cost price of each saree?

Samant brought microwave oven and paid 10% less than the original price. He sold it with 30% profit on the price he had paid. What percentage of profit did Samant earn on the original price?

By selling a book for Rs. 10, the publisher loses $$\displaystyle \frac{1}{11}$$ of what it costs him. His cost price is ....

A person has enough money to buy $$25$$ cycles worth $$Rs.\,500$$ each. How many cycles will the person be able to buy, if each cycle now costs $$Rs.\,125$$ more ?