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Basir's working hours increased by 15% per day and his salary increased by 20% per hour. By what percentage did his daily income increase?

The present population of a city is estimated at 10 lakhs and is expected to increase to 12.10 lakhs during the next 2 years. What is the compound annual rate of increase?

The price of an article is increased by 30% and then decreased by 30%. Find the net percentage change in the final price of the article.

A person loses 75% of his money in the first bet, 75% of the remaining in the second and 75% of the remaining in the third bet and returns home with Rs. 2 only. His initial money was

If the price of tea is increased by 20%, by what percent should the consumption of tea be decreased so that the expenditure on tea does not increase?

A man spends \( \frac{2}{3} \) of his income. If his income increases by 14\% and the expenditure increases by 20\%, then the percentage increase in his savings will be?

The per kg rate of potato has increased from Rs 18 to Rs 25. By what percent should the use of potatoes be reduced so that the expenditure does not increase?

In an election, a candidate secures 40% of the votes but is defeated by the only other candidate by a majority of 298 votes. Find the total number of votes recorded.

In an examination, 53% of the candidates failed in science and 48% failed in mathematics. If 40% failed in both subjects, what percentage passed in both subjects?

The population of bacteria in a culture prepared in a laboratory is \( 8 \times 10^{8} \). Their birth and death rates per hour are 12.75\% and \( 10.75 \% \) respectively. Find their population in the culture after 3 hours.

The salary of an employee is first increased by \( 15 \% \) and then decreased by \( 25 \% \). By what percent will his salary increase or decrease?

The population of a village increases by 5% in the first year and decreases by 5% in the second year. Its population at the end of the second year was 9975. What was the population at the beginning of the first year?

In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate has got 70% of the votes polled and has won by 15400 votes. What is the number of votes polled for the losing candidate?

In an election between two candidates, the person who gets 75% of the votes is elected by a majority of 520 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?

The percentage of metals in a mine of lead ore is 60%. Now the percentage of silver is \( \frac{3}{4} \% \) of metals and the rest is lead. If the mass of ore extracted from this mine is 8000 kg, the mass (in kg.) of lead is:

The price of sugar is increased by 18%. A person wants to increase the expenditure by 12% only. By what percent, correct to one decimal place, should he decrease his consumption?

There are only two candidates in an election. A person got 40 percent votes and lost by 50 votes. Assuming that there were no invalid votes, the total number of votes are:

There are 2500 people who have bought tickets to watch a movie. People whose age is more than 25 years; they have paid Rs. 75 per ticket. And those whose age is less than 25 years, they paid Rs. 25 for each ticket. If the total amount collected is Rs. 1,50,300. So, find out the number of people whose age is more than 25 years and have seen the film?

Find the percentage concentration of wine in the wine-water solution having the ratio of 7:1 respectively.

If ratio of \( X \) to \( Y \) is 3:4, then determine the relation between \( X \) and \( Y \).

The monthly income of a person was ₹ 15,400 and his monthly expenditure was ₹7,200. His income increased by 20% and his expenditure increased by 5%. Find the percentage increase in his savings.

The population of a village increases by 0.2% in the first year, it increases by 0.4% in the second year, and due to some disease, it decreases by 0.4% in the third year. What will be its population after 3 years, if in the beginning of the first year it was 2000 (rounded off to two decimal places)?

In an election, Rashika and Nikita were against each other. Rashika received 54% votes and won the election by 1280 votes. How many total votes were cast in the election?

If A's income is 40% more than that of B, then B earns what percent less than A? यदि A की आय B की आय से 40 प्रतिशत अधिक है, तो B, A से कितने प्रतिशत कम अर्जित करता है?

If 60% of a number is 120 more than 20% of the number, then 28% of the number is less than 33 1/3% of the number by:

Due to increases of 33.33% in the price of apples, a customer can purchase 4 apples less for Rs.16. What is the original price (in paise) of an apple?

125 litres mixture of milk and water contains 25% of water. How much water must be added to it to make water 30% in the new mixture?

In a panchayat election an independent candidate got 28% of the total votes polled and was declared the winner. The rest of the votes were equally divided among the candidates of three national parties. If the total votes polled were 1200, how many votes did the each candidate of national party get?

The current birth rate per ten thousand is 450, while the corresponding death rate per ten thousand is 120. Find the net growth rate in terms of population increase in percentage.

Raghav spends 80% of his income. If his income increases by 12% and the savings decrease by 10%, then what will be the percentage increase in his expenditure?

In an assembly election, a candidate got 72% of the total valid votes. 1.2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of voters is 332,000, then what is the number of valid votes cast in favour of the candidate? (Assume only whole numbers)

40% of a number is 330 more than 30% of another number. If the second number is 90 less than three times the difference given above, then the value of four/fifth part of the first number is what percentage of the second number?

A village has a total population is 'X', out of which 40% are women. The number of illiterate women in the village is equal to half of the illiterate men in the village, which is 4000. What is the value of X, if the total number of literate women in the village is 6000? (Assuming the village has only literate or illiterate)

In an office, 70% of the total number of employees are females. 80% of the total number of employees, including 85 males, got promotion. If there are 105 female employees, then what percentage of female employees got promotion?

A mixture contains 18% copper by weight. How much mixture (in kg) is required to obtain 81 kg of copper?

The number of hours a man works per day is increased by 25% and his hourly wages are increased by 20%. By what percent did his daily income increase?

The cost of a car is Rs 2,50,000. In the first year, it depreciated by 10%, and in the second year, it depreciated by 15%. What will be the value of the car after 2 years?

In an examination, A obtained 10% more marks than B, B obtained 20% more marks than C and C obtained 32% less marks than D. If A obtained 272 more marks than C, then the marks obtained by B is:
एक परीक्षा में, A ने B से 10% अधिक, B ने C से 20% अधिक अंक प्राप्त किये किन्तु C ने D से 32% कम अंक प्राप्त किये किन्तु I यदि A को C से 272 अंक अधिक प्राप्त हुए, तो B को कुल कितने अंक प्राप्त हुए ?