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151. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is _____?

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Answer: 60

Explanation Loss = Cost price of 5 balls Loss = 720 - (Selling price of 17 balls) Loss = Cost price of 17 balls - Selling price of 17 balls Cost price of 17 balls = Selling price of 17 balls + Loss = 720 + (Cost price of 5 balls) Cost price of 1 ball = 60

152. If a boy bought 5 pencils for 10 Rupees and sold them at a 10% loss, what is his selling price?

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Answer: 9

Explanation Given: Cost of 5 pencils = ₹10 So, Cost Price (CP) of 1 pencil = ₹10 ÷ 5 = ₹2 Loss = 10% Now, Selling Price (SP) = CP × (1 - Loss%) SP = ₹2 × (1 - 10/100) SP = ₹2 × 0.90 = ₹1.80 per pencil Total SP for 5 pencils = 5 × ₹1.80 = ₹9.00

153. What comes next in the sequence: AAZ, BBY, CCX, DD_ ?

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Answer: W

Explanation We have pairs of letters : AA (A repeated twice) — Z BB (B repeated twice) — Y CC (C repeated twice) — X D _ It seems like: First letter is moving forward: A → B → C → D Second letter is moving backward from Z: Z → Y → X → W So afte r D , we should have W .

154. A company has sales data for 5 years. If the revenue is $5000 and costs are $3500, what is the profit?

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Answer: $1500

Explanation Profit = Revenue − Cost Revenue = $5000, Cost = $3500 Profit = 5000 − 3500 = 1500

155. if the shirt is priced at Rs P and is on a discount of 20%, but if the shopkeeper buys that shirt, he will he granted an additional 10% discount, what will be the price of the shirt when the shopkeeper buy it?

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Answer: 0.72P

Explanation Calculate the price after the f irst discount of 20%: Price after first discount= P×(1−0.20)=P×0.80 Calculate the additional 10% discount on the already discounted price: Price after additional discount= Price after first discount×(1−0.10)=(P×0.80)×0.90 Simplify the calculation: Final price=P×0.80×0.90= P×0.72

156. What equal amount of coins of Rs 5, Rs 2, Rs 1, makes a total of 1152?

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Answer: 144

Explanation Let the number of coins of each kind be x. 5x + 2x + 1x = 1152 8x = 1152 x = 1152 / 8 x = 144

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