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A painting is sold at a discount of 30% and still gives a profit of $20,000 if it had been sold at a discount of 40% it would have yeilded a profit of $15,000. Find
A) the cost of the painting
B) the original selling price
- by sohaib_iba
Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:49 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
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Jane travel a distance of 60 miles @ 30 mph and another 90 miles @ 60 mph. What is her average speed for the entire journey (in mph)?
A) 40
B) 42.8
C) 45
D) 52.3
E) 54.7
- by sohaib_iba
Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:05 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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Ahsan travels from A to B at a speed of 40 mph and returns along the same route a speed of 80 mph. what is his average speed for the round trip (in mph)?
A) 46.33
B) 48
C) 53.33
D) 60
E) 65.33
- by sohaib_iba
Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:24 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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John's salary was increased by 25% in the first year, and by 20% in the second year. By what percent should his salary be increased in the third year so that it becomes twice its initial value.
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 33.33%
E) 55%
- by sohaib_iba
Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:03 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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Adnan scores 45% of the marks in an exam and passes by 5 marks. Taimur scores 48% of the marks in the same exam and passes by 32 marks. what is the number of marks necessary to pass the exam?
A) 200
B) 400
C) 450
D) 600
E) 900
- by sohaib_iba
Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:21 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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In an election 4% of the votes cast are invalid. A candidate gets 55% of the valid votes and wins the election by 240 valid votes. Find the total number of votes cast?
A) 2500
B) 2000
C) 1250
D) 3500
- by sohaib_iba
Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:48 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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In an election where there are only 2 candidates one who gets 43% of the votes is rejected by a majority of 420 votes. The total number of votes polled is
A) 1290
B) 1300
C) 1710
D) 3000
- by sohaib_iba
Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:10 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
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In city X, 80% of the households have cars. Of these 20% run their cars on fuel and the rest on CNG. What percent of the people in city X run their cars on CNG?
A) 64%
B) 80%
C) 36%
D) 20%
E) 40%
- by sohaib_iba
Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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Jack can do a certain job in 20 days while Tom can do the same job in 25 days. If both do the job together and are paid a total amount of Rs 450. Find the amount that should be given to Jack (assuming that each person is paid according to the ratio of the job done). A) 200 B) 250 C) 360 D) 380 E) 40...
- by sohaib_iba
Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:05 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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The ratio of the price of coffee A to coffee B is 2:3. During a certain month, a store sells coffee A and coffee B in the ratio of 4:5. If the total revenue from the sale of these two coffees is Rs 27,600. How much of the revenue was from the sale of coffee A? A) 9,600 B) 11,040 C) 2,266 D) 18,400 E...
- by sohaib_iba
Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:27 am- Forum: Problem Solving
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In a certain college, the ratio of Mathematics majors to English majors is 3:8. If in the following school year the number of Mathematics majors increases 20% and the number of English majors decreases 15%, what is the new ratio of Mathematics majors to English majors. A) 4:9 B) 1:2 C) 9:17 D) 17:32...
- by sohaib_iba
Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: help needed on word problem_2
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Ellen paid $11.80 for 40 postage stamps. If some of the stamps were 33-cent stamps and the rest were 23-cent stamps, how many 33-cent stamps did she buy?
A) 13
B) 17
C) 22
D) 25
E) 26
Please help me at this question as i am unable to solve it yet. Thanks in advance
- by sohaib_iba
Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:16 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: help needed on word problem
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