Averages, Percentages, Profit Loss and Interest

The average salary of workers in college is Rs 2000, the average salary of faculty being Rs 4000 and the management trainees being Rs 1250. The total number of workers could be

A has to pay Rs. 7282 at the end of 3 yrs. He agrees to repay the amt in 3 equal installments. Initially the rate is 10% p.a. compounded annually; but after 2 installments have been paid, the interest rate is increased to 15% p.a.; effective from that year. What was the value of the last installment?

  • None of these
  • Rs. 3300
  • Rs. 2200
  • Rs. 1100

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What annual installment will discharge a debt of Rs.1450 due after 5 yrs at 8% p.a. simple interest?

  • Rs. 320
  • None of these
  • Rs. 400
  • Rs. 450

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A vessel of 70 liters is filled with milk and water. 75 % of milk and 25% of water is taken out of the vessel. It is found that the vessel is vacated by 60 %. Find the initial quantity of Water.

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  • 25
  • 21
  • 27

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Rs 4000 is divided into two parts such that one part is put out at 3% and other at 5%. If the annual interest earned from both the investment be Rs 144, Find the first part

  • 3500
  • 3800
  • 2600
  • 4000
  • 2800

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A milk man mixed 4 liters of water with 10 liters of milk. He boiled one fourth of this mixture till the water content, in it, halved. Then he added it to remaining mixture. What is the proportion of milk in the entire solution.

  • 13/15
  • 5/6
  • 7/10
  • 20/27

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How to solve (1.05)^6?

any tricks or shortcuts pls....

The average of five natural numbers is 150. A particular number among the five exceeds another by 100. The rest three numbers lie between these two numbers and they are equal. How many different values can the largest number among the five take?

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  • 42
  • 21
  • 19

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If instead of multiplying a number by 7 the number was divided by 7. What should be the percentage error ?

  • None of these
  • 97.9%
  • 96.8%
  • 100%
  • 92.70%

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On a Rs. 10,000 payment order, a person has choice between 3 successive discounts of 10%, 10% and 30% and 3 successive discounts of 40%, 5% and 5%. By choosing the better one he can save (in Rupees) :

  • 255
  • 200
  • 400
  • 433

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Two different solutions of honey,milk and water are mixed with each other three times in varying proportions. The concentration of honey and milk in the three resulting solutions are found to be (10%, 16%), (12%,12%) and (16%, x%) respectively. what is the value of

please tell the solution also.

  • 10
  • 7
  • 4
  • 8

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The average score of 25 students in a class test in English is 75. If the top three rankers are removed, the average drops by 2. If the paper is out of 100

marks, and the second highest score is less than 90, then what should be the least highest ? reply with solution plz

No. of year to double an amount with 8% compound interest rate.post ans with the explanation?

please explain it for me...
L(x)=1/2 max(6-x,x+2),what s the smallest possible value for x??

  • NOT
  • 6
  • 8
  • 2

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A dishonest dealer claims to sell a product at its cost price. He uses a counterfeit weight which is 20% less than the real weight. Further greed overtook him and he added 20% impurities to the product. Find the net profit percentage of the dealer?

Does anyone know of a sure-shot approach to questions like this?

  • 40
  • 56.25
  • 50
  • 44

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There are 8 bags of rice looking alike,seven of which have equal weight and one is slightly heavier.The weighing balance is of unlimited capacity.Using this balance,the minimum number of weighing required to identify the heavier bag is(please share ur approach if u get the ans)

What is the present value of Rs. 1500/- due after 5 years at Simple Interest of 10% per annum?

I'm nt even getting the question ! pls expain the terms "present value and future value"
help me out !
  • 20000
  • 25000
  • 15000
  • 10000

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George, Paul and Hari start a business by contributing Rs. 30000/-, Rs. 40000/- and Rs. 50000/- respectively. After ½ a year George withdraws half his contribution. At the end of the year the business showed a profit of Rs 90000 which was divided amongst the 3 men proportionate the to amount and duration of their investment in the enterprise. Paul got,

  • 18000
  • 24000
  • 32000
  • 25000

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Akhil took a loan of र10,000 from Bharat at a simple interest rate of 10% per annum. Three people Pasha, Quadir and Robert approached him for a loan, offering to pay 7%, 8% and 12% simple interest per annum respectively. Akhil lent the money in such a way that he will make a profit of 1% on the borrowed sum per year, what is the maximum possible sum that he might have lent to Robert?
The total cost of 2 pencils, 5 erasers and 7 sharpeners is Rs.30, while 3 pencils and 5 sharpeners cost Rs.15 more than 6 erasers. By what amount (in Rs.) does the cost of 39 erasers and 1 sharpener
exceed the cost of 6 pencils?
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) It does not exceed (4) Cannot be determined
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  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

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