A invests Rs. 40,000 for 12 months and B invests Rs. 60,000 for 8 months. What is their profit-sharing ratio?
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Capital-time products are 40,000 × 12 and 60,000 × 8.
Both equal 480,000, so the ratio is 1:1.
Practice GIKI Quantitative Reasoning questions with answers and explanations.
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Capital-time products are 40,000 × 12 and 60,000 × 8.
Both equal 480,000, so the ratio is 1:1.
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A's capital-time is 2 × 6 + 4 × 6 = 36 units.
B's is 3 × 12 = 36 units, so profits are equal.
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A 20% profit gives a selling price of Rs. 960.
Since this is 80% of marked price, marked price = 960/0.8 = Rs. 1,200.
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He charges for 1,000 grams but supplies only 900 grams.
Gain percentage is 100/900 × 100 = 11 1/9%.
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The selling price is 80% of the marked price.
Thus, marked price = 960 ÷ 0.80 = Rs. 1,200.
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Sales tax is 12% of Rs. 5,000, or Rs. 600.
The total payable amount is Rs. 5,600.
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Commission is 6% of total sales.
Thus, 0.06 × 250,000 = Rs. 15,000.
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Simple interest is PRT/100.
So 5,000 × 8 × 3 ÷ 100 = Rs. 1,200.
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The taxed price is 115% of the original price.
So the original is 2,300 ÷ 1.15 = Rs. 2,000.
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Six consecutive integers centered at 17.5 are 15 through 20.
Therefore, the smallest is 15.
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The average of 1 through n is (n + 1)/2.
Setting (n + 1)/2 = 20 gives n = 39.
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The difference between C and A is 2 ratio parts, equal to Rs. 600.
One part is Rs. 300, so 12 parts total Rs. 3,600.