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3. During a sale, a shop offered a discount of 10% on the marked prices of all the items. What would a
customer have to pay for a pair of jeans marked at ` 1450 and two shirts marked at ` 850 each?
4. The cost of an article was ` 15,500. ` 450 were spent on its repairs. If it is sold for a profit of 15%, find
the selling price of the article.
5. Arun bought a pair of skates at a sale where the discount given was 20%. If the amount he pays is ` 1,600,
find the marked price.

Exemplar Problems

1. A bought a tape recorder for ` 8,000 and sold it to B. B in turn sold it to C, each earning a profit of 20%.
Which of the following is true:
(a) A and B earn the same profit

(b) A earns more profit than B
(c) A earns less profit than B
(d) Cannot be decided

2. Abida bought 100 pens at the rate of ` 3.50 per pen and pays a tax of 12%. The total amount paid by
Abida is ____________.

3. The buying price of 5 kg of flour with the rate ` 20 per kg, when 5% tax is added on the purchase is ` 21.
(True/False)

4. At a toy shop, price of all the toys is reduced to 66% of the original price.
(a) What is the sale price of a toy that originally cost ` 90?

(b) How much money would you save on a toy costing ` 90?
5. The marked price of an article is ` 500. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% and still makes a profit
of 25%. find the cost price of the article.
6. Babita bought 160 kg of mangoes at ` 48 per kg. She sold 70% of the mangoes at ` 70 per kg and the
remaining mangoes at ` 40 per kg. Find Babita’s gain or loss percent on the whole dealing.

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