A sells an article to $B$ at $15 \%$ profit. $B$ sells it to $C$ at $10 \%$ loss. If $C$ pays $Rs.\,517.50$ for it then $A$ purchased it at
$500$
$750$
$1000$
$1250$
A shopkeeper allows a discount of $10 \%$ on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of $8 \%$ on the discounted price. If the customer pays $Rs.\, 3,402$ as the price including the sales tax, then the marked price is (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 cloth dealer professes to sell cotton at cost price, but uses a meter having a length of $80\, cm$ only and charges for the meter. Find his gain percent.
A person sells $36$ oranges per $Rs.\, 1$ and makes a loss of $4 \% .$ Find how many oranges per $Rs$ to be sold to have a gain of $8 \% ?$
Due to a $20 \%$ rise in price of sugar, a bachelor is able to buy $1.5\, kg$ less for $Rs.\, 135.$ What is the increased price of sugar per $kg$ in $Rs.$ ?