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A number is reduced by 10%. Its present value is 1080. What was its original value?

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(A) 2300 (B) 3250 (C) 1980 (D) 1200 [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: DOriginal value is percentage = 100 %. Reduce amount in percentage = 10 % Therefore, Percent value in percentage = 100 % – 10 % = 90 %. According to the problem, 90 % of original value = … Read more

Find the number which when decreased by 24 % becomes 594?

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(A) 781.5 (B) 398.5 (C) 625.8 (D) 465.7 [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: ALet the number be m. Decrease = 24 % of m = 24/100 × m = 6m /25 Therefore, decrease number = m – 6m/25 = (25m – 6m)/25 = 19m/25 According to the question 19m/25 = 594 … Read more

A number 168 was misread as 24. Find the reading error in percent.

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(A) 85.7% (B) 42.6% (C) 98.6% (D) 67.4% [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: AError = 168 – 24 = 144 Therefore, % error = 144/168 [Since, we know decrease% = decrease in value/original value × 100 %] = 144/168 × 100 = 85.7 % [/showhide]

A wooden manufacturing company declares that a wooden is now available for $11200 as against $25200 one year before. Find the percentage reduction in the price of wooden offered by the company?

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(A) 25 1/3% (B) 55 5/9% (C) 66 1/3% (D) 69 1/3% [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: BPrice of the wooden a year before = $25200 Price of the wooden after a year = $11200 Decrease in price = $(25200 – 11200) = $14000 Therefore, decrease % = 14000/25200 × 100 … Read more

The cost of a stencil is decreased by 30%. If the original cost is $140 find the decrease cost?

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(A) $25 (B) $45 (C) $68 (D) $98 [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: DOriginal cost = $140 Decrease in it = 30% of $140 = 30/100 × 140 = 4200/100 = $42 Therefore, decrease cost = $140 – $42 = $98 [/showhide]

A taxi driver make a trip from the plains to ooty which are 340 km apart at an average speed of 60 km/hr. In the return trip, he covers the speed distance at an average of 30 km/hr. The average speed of the taxi over the entire distance of 680 km is:

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(A) 30 km/hr (B) 40 km/hr (C) 50 km/hr (D) 60 km/hr [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: BAverage speed =(2xy/( x+y)) km/hr Given x =60 km/hr y = 30km/hr Average speed = (2*60*30/ (60+30)) km/hr =(3600/ 90) =40 km/hr [/showhide]

Anitha takes 8 hours 20 mints in walking to a temple and riding back. She would have gained 3 hours by riding both ways. The time she would take to walk both ways is:

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(A) 15 hours 40 mints (B) 16 hours 40 mints (C) 18 hours 40 mints (D) 19 hours 40 mints [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: DLet the distance be x km. then, (time taken to walk x km)+(time taken to ride x km) = 25/3 hrs (time taken to walk 3x … Read more

Jackson travels a distance of 100 km in 5 hours. How much faster in kilometer per hour, on an average, must he travel to make a journey in 5/3 hour less time?

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(A) 5 km/hr (B) 6 km/hr (C) 8 km/hr (D) 10 km/hr [showhide type=”post” more_text=”►Correct Option” less_text=”Show less…”] Correct Option is: DTime required = (5 hrs – 5/3 hrs) =(5 hrs – 100 mints) = (5 hrs – 1hr 40 mints) = 3 hrs 20 mints = 3 1/3 hrs Required speed = (100*3/10) km/hr … Read more