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The cost price of an article is $$x$$. It is marked up by $$150$$%. It is sold at Rs. $$600$$ after giving $$40$$% discount. What is $$x$$ (in Rs.)?

Mr,A owns a home worth Rs.$$10,000$$. He sells it to Mr.B at a $$10\%$$ profit based on the worth of the house. Mr.B sells the house back to Mr.A at a $$10\%$$ loss. Then:

$$5$$% more is gained by selling a watch for $$Rs. 350$$ than by selling it for $$Rs. 340$$. The cost price of the watch is

Find the whole quantity if $$5\%$$ of it is $$600$$.

A house and store were sold for $$\text{Rs. } 12,000$$ each. The house was sold at a loss of $$20\%$$ of the cost and the store at a gain of $$20\%$$ of the cost. The entire transaction resulted in

The cost $$C$$ of sending a parcel post package weighing $$P$$ gms, $$P$$ an integer is $$Rs. 10$$ for the first grams and $$Rs. 3$$ for each additional grams. The formula for the cost is

A shopkeeper allows a discount of $$10\%$$ on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of $$8\%$$ on the discounted price. If the customer pays $$Rs.680.40$$ as the price including the sales tax, then what is the marked price of the item?

A wholesaler bought $$120$$ watches for $$\text{Rs }30$$ each. He sold $$50\%$$ of the watches for $$\text{Rs }20$$ each, one-third at $$\text{Rs }40$$ each and the rest for $$\text{Rs }60$$. What was the wholesaler's approximate avenge profit per watch?

A trader allows successive discounts of $$15\%$$ and $$10\%$$ on the marked price of an article. If the marked price is $$Rs. 100$$, what would be the selling price?

A TV was bought at a price of Rs. 21,000. After one year the value of the TV was depreciated by 5%. (Depreciation means reduction of value due to use and age of the item). Find the value of the TV after one year.