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A producer of tea blends two varieties of tea from two tea gardens one costing Rs 18 per kg and another Rs 20 per kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If he sells the blended variety at Rs 21 per kg, then his gain percent is

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Suppose he bought 5 kg and 3 kg of tea.
Cost Price = Rs. (5 x 18 + 3 x 20) = Rs. 150.
Selling price = Rs. (8 x 21) = Rs. 168.
Profit = 168 - 150 = 18

So, Profit % = (18/150) * 100 = 12%

1. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit is

\begin{aligned} 12\frac{2}{7} \% \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 13\frac{2}{7} \% \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 14\frac{2}{7} \%\end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 15\frac{2}{7} \% \end{aligned}

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

So before solving this question we will get the C.P. and S.P. of 1 article to get the gain percent.

C.P. of 1 orange = 350/100 = Rs 3.50
S.P. of one orange = 48/12 = Rs 4 [note: divided by 12 as 1 dozen contains 12 items]
Gain = 4 - 3.50 = Rs 0.50
\begin{aligned}
Gain\% = \frac{0.50}{3.50}*100 \\
= \frac{100}{7}\%
= 14\frac{2}{7}\%
\end{aligned}

2. A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 10% while buying and selling, by using false weights. His total gain is.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
Gain\% = \\ \left( \frac{(100 + \text{common gain}\%)^2}{100} - 100 \right)\% \\
= \left( \frac{(100 + 10)^2}{100} - 100 \right)\% \\
= \left( \frac{12100 - 10000}{100}\right)\% \\
= 21\%

\end{aligned}

3. A plot is sold for Rs. 18,700 with a loss of 15%. At what price it should be sold to get profit of 15%.

Rs 25300
Rs 22300
Rs 24300
Rs 21300

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

This type of question can be easily and quickly solved as following:

Let at Rs x it can earn 15% pr0fit
85:18700 = 115:x [as, loss = 100 -15, Profit = 100 +15]

x = (18700*115)/85
= Rs.25300

4. A material is purchased for Rs. 600. If one fourth of the material is sold at a loss of 20% and the remaining at a gain of 10%, Find out the overall gain or loss percentage

\begin{aligned} 4\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 3\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 2\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 1\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

We need to get the Total selling price to solve this question. Because after getting selling price we can get profit or loss, then we can calculate profit% or loss%

So lets solve this:

Price Received by selling one fourth of the material at a loss of 20% =
(1/4) * 600 * (80/100) = Rs. 120

Price Received by remaining material at a gain of 10% =
(3/4) * 600 * (110/100) = Rs. 495 [Note: 1-(1/4) = 3/4]

Total Selling Price = 120 + 465 = Rs. 615

Profit = 615 - 600 = 15

\begin{aligned}
Profit\% = \left( \frac{Gain}{Cost} * 100 \right)\% \\
= \left( \frac{15}{600} * 100 \right)\% \\
= \frac{5}{2}\% = 2\frac{1}{2}\%
\end{aligned}

5. A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be.

130%
140%
150%
160%

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Let the C.P. = x,
Then S.P. = (120/100)x = 6x/5
New S.P. = 2(6x/5) = 12x/5

Profit = 12x/5 - x = 7x/5

Profit% = (Profit/C.P.) * 100
=> (7x/5) * (1/x) * 100 = 140 %