A man sells an article at $5 \%$ above its cost price. If he had bought it at $5 \%$ less than what he had paid for it and sold it at $Rs.\, 2$ less, he would have gained $10 \% .$ The cost price of the article is (in $Rs.$)

A man loses $20 \frac{1}{2} \%$ of his money and after spending $80 \%$ of the remainder, he is left with $Rs.\, 159 .$ How much did he have at first? (in $Rs.$)

A man buys $300$ dozen of bananas for $Rs.\, 3,600$. He sold $1 / 3^{rd}$ of the stock at a loss of $10 \%$ and the remaining $2 / 3^{rd}$ stock at a gain of $10 \% .$ Find his overall percent profit or loss.

A manufacturer fixes his selling price at $33 \%$ over the cost of production. If cost of production goes up by $12 \%$ and manufacturer raises his selling price by $10 \%,$ his percentage profit is

When a book is sold at its Marked Price it gives a profit of $40 \% .$ What $\%$ will happen if it is sold at half the marked Price?

The printed price of an article is $40 \%$ higher than its cost price. Then the rate discount so that he gains $12 \%$ profit is.........$\%$