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Question: Jacob bought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20% ?
Options:
 A. Rs. 400 B. Rs. 440 C. Rs. 500 D. Rs. 550

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Question 1. A person sells a table at a profit of 10% . If he had bought the table at 5% less cost and sold for Rs. 80 more, he would have gained 20% . The cost price of the table is = ?
1.    Rs. 3200
2.    Rs. 2500
3.    Rs. 2000
4.    Rs. 200
Question 2. A radio is sold for Rs. 990 at a profit of 10% . What would have been the actual profit or loss on it had it been sold for Rs. 890 ?
1.    Rs. 10 loss
2.    Rs. 10 profit
3.    Rs. 90 loss
4.    Rs. 90 profit
Question 3. A man sells an article at 10% loss. If he had sold it at Rs. 10 more, he would have gained 10% . The cost price of the article is = ?
1.    Rs. 50
2.    Rs. 55
3.    Rs. 100
4.    Rs. 110
Question 4. A person purchased 10 dozen pens at the rate of Rs. 4 per dozen. On checking, he found that 20 pens were not working. In order to earn 25% profit, he should sell the remaining pens each at -
1.    40 paise
2.    44 paise
3.    50 paise
4.    55 paise
Question 5. A shopkeeper sells an article at a loss of $$12\frac{1}{2}$$% . Had he sold it for Rs. 51.80 more, he would have earned a profit of 6% . The cost price of the article is = ?
1.    Rs. 280
2.    Rs. 300
3.    Rs. 380
4.    Rs. 400