A dealer fixed the price of an article $40 \%$ above the cost of production. While selling it he allows a discount of $20 \%$ and makes a profit of $Rs.\, 48$. The cost of production (in $Rs.$) of the article is

A dealer buys a table listed at $Rs.\, 600$ and gets successive discount of $10 \%$ and $20 \% .$ What is his profit or loss percent if he sells at $Rs.$ $540 ?$

A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of $5 \%$ and earned a profit of $23.5 \% .$ What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?

A person sold a radio at a loss of $5 \% .$ Had he sold it for $Rs\, 210$ more, he would have gained $25 \%$. For what value should he sell it in order to gain $35 \% ?$

If a commission at the rate of $10 \%$ is given to a bookseller on the marked price of a book by the publisher, the publisher gains $20 \%$. If the commission is increased to $15 \%$ then the gain percent would be