Two shopkeepers announce the same price of Rs. 700 for a sewing machine. The first offers successive discounts of 30% and 6% while the second offers successive discounts of 20% and 16%. The shopkeeper that offers better discount, charges…………less than the other shopkeeper.

What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate of interest for 6 years and that for 9 years?

3 litre of water is added to 11 litre of a solution containing 42% of alcohol in the water. The percentage of alcohol in the new mixture is

Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equivalent to a single discount of

If 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself, then the number is

If selling price of an article is Rs. 250, profit percentage is 25%. Find the ratio of the cost price and the selling price

The sales of a company increased for two years by 10% each year and in the third year it decreased by 5%. Again, it increased by 10% each year for two years and then it decreased by 5% in the third year. What will be the effect from 1997-2001? (Give approximate answer)

On a sum of money, the simple interest for 2 years is Rs. 660, while the compound interest is Rs. 696.30, the rate of interest being the same in both the cases. The rate of interest is:

A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10. In all papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks. Then the number of papers in which he got more than 50% marks is:

A milkman claims to sell milk at the cost price but actually mixes water and milk in the ratio1 : 4. By selling this product, his revenue is Rs. 600 every day. The amount of milk remains thesame every day. One day his revenue is Rs. 560 by selling the product at its normal fixed price ofRs. 10 per litre. What is the proportion of water in milk on that day ?