Saleem has 40 articles of same cost price. He sold 24 articles at a profit of 30% and 16 articles at a profit of 20%. Had he sold all the articles at a profit of 15%, then his profit would have been reduced by Rs. 880. What is the cost price (in Rs.) of each article?
Sohan bought an old Honda Bike and spent Rs. 1500 on its repairs. Then Sohan sold it to Rakesh at a prolit of 20%. Rakesh sold it to Raj at a loss of 10%. Raj finally sold it for Rs. 12100 at a profit of 10%. How much did Sohan pay for the old Honda Bike?
Sourav Ganguly wants to buy a total of 100 sports equipment using exactly a sum of Rs.1000. He can buy ball at Rs.20 per unit, wicket at Rs.5 per unit and bat at Rs.1 per unit. If he has to buy at least one of each equipment and cannot buy any other type of equipment, then in how many distinct ways can he make his purchase?
In St. Peter’s college Agra an exhibition was organised, hand-made crafts are displayed for sale. Some students are assigned the work of selling crafts. The overall profit p depends on the number of students x selling the crafts on that particular day and is given by the equation p = 250x – 5x2. The school manager claims to have made a maximum profit. Find the number of students engaged in selling the crafts and the maximum profit made.
The marked price of an article is Rs. 3,000. If two successive discounts, each of x%, on the marked price is equal to a single discount of Rs. 1,174.80, then what will be the selling price of the article if a single discount of x% is given on the marked price?
