A cloth merchant says that due to slump in the market, he sells cloth at $10 \%$ loss, but he uses a inaccurate metre scale and actually gains $15 \%$. Find out the actual length of the scale. (in $cm$)
$72.4$
$71.34$
$78.25$
None of these
A trader buys two articles for $Rs.\, 4000$ each. While selling if he gains $12.5 \%$ on one and loses $20 \%$ on the other, then what will be the overall loss percent?
The marked price of a bed is $Rs. 2400$ .The shopkeeper gives successive discounts of $10 \%$ and $X \%$ to customer. If the customer pays $Rs.\, 1836$ for's the bed then find the value of $X$ in $\%$?
Profit earned by an organization is distributed among officers and clerks in the ratio of $5: 3 .$ If the number of officers is $45$ and the number of clerks is $80$ and the amount received by each officer is $Rs.\,25,000,$ what was the total amount of profit earned? (in $Rs.$.......$lakhs$)
A shopkeeper sold Sarees at $Rs.$ $266$ each after giving $5\%$ discount on labelled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of $12 \%$ on the cost price. What was the cost price of each Saree? (in $Rs.$)
A man buys two chairs for a total cost of $900.$ By selling one for $\frac{4}{5}$ of its cost and the other for $\frac{5}{4}$ of its cost, he makes a profit of $90$ on the whole transaction. The cost of the lower priced chair is (in $Rs.$)