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1. A man gains 15% by selling a calculator for a certain price. If he sells it at the triple the price, then what will be the profit percentage?
Options
A. 125
B. 175
C. 225
D. 245

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2. A person sold his pen for Rs 24 and his profit percentage was numerically equal to the cost price. What was the cost price (in Rs) of the pen?
Options
A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 20

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4. A farmer buys a goat and a sheep for Rs 3500. He sold the sheep at a profit of 20 percent and the goat at a loss of 10 percent. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then the cost price (in Rs) of the cheaper animal was?
Options
A. 2000
B. 1500
C. 1750
D. 2250

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5. Selling price of an article is Rs 27692 and loss percentage is 14%. If the selling price is Rs 37352, then what will be the profit percentage?
Options
A. 13.8
B. 18.6
C. 14
D. 16

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6. A trader had 960 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 8% profit, so that he made a total profit of 12%. How much rice (in kgs) did he sell at 8% profit?
Options
A. 460
B. 560
C. 540
D. 640

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9. A sells a watch to B and makes a loss of 12%. B makes a profit of 12.5% by selling the watch to C. If A sells the watch to B at the cost of which C purchased it, then the percentage of loss or profit of A will be,
Options
A. 1% loss
B. 1% profit
C. 2% loss
D. 2% profit

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10. 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 ?
Options
A. 60%
B. 50%
C. 70%
D. 45%

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