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The design speed of a two-lane two-way road is 60 km/h and the longitudinal coefficient of friction is 0.36. The reaction time of a driver is 2.5 seconds. Consider acceleration due to gravity as 9.8 m/s². The intermediate sight distance (in m, round off to the nearest integer) required for the load is..... [GATE 2020 - 2 marks - CE]
In a village, the production of food grains increased by 40% and the per capita production of food grains increased by 27% during a certain period. The percentage by which the population of the village increased during the same period is nearest to
If the product of three consecutive positive integers is 15600 then the sum of the squares of these integers is
If Fatima sells 60 identical toys at a 40% discount on the printed price, then she makes a 20% profit. Ten of these toys are destroyed in the fire. While selling the rest, how much discount should be given on the printed price so that she can make the same amount of profit?
The distance of the horizon at the sea varies as the square root of the height of the eye above sea level. When the distance is 14.4  km, the height of the eye is 18 metres. Find, in kilometres, the distance when  the height of the eye is 8 metres.
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell at cost price but uses an 800-gram weight instead of a 1-kilogram weight. Find the percentage profit to the dealer.
In the land of the famous milkman Merghese Durian, a milkman sells his buffalo for ₹ 15400 at some profit. Had he sold his buffalo at ₹ 8200, the quantum of the loss incurred would have been double that of the profit earned. What is the cost price?
A firm dealing in furniture allows a 5% discount on the marked price of each item. What price must be marked on a dining table that costs ₹ 2000 to assemble, so as to make a profit of 14%?
A sells a car priced at ₹ 1,80,000. He gives a discount of 5% on the first ₹ 1,00,000 and 12.5% on the remaining ₹ 80,000. His competitor B sells a car at the same marked price at ₹ 1,80,000. If he wants to be competitive what percentage discount should B offer on the marked price.
Ashok bought an article and spent ₹ 110 on its repairs. He then sold it to Bhushan at a profit of 20%. Bhushan sold it to Charan at a loss of 10%. Charan finally sold it for ₹ 1188 at a profit of 10%. How much did Ashok pay for the article?
A briefcase was sold at a profit of 5%. If its cost price was 5% less and it was sold for ₹ 63 more, the gain would have been 20%. Find the cost price of the briefcase.
A man sells a TV set for ₹ 33000 and makes a profit of 10%. He sells another TV at a loss of 20%. If on the whole, he neither gains nor loses, then, find the selling price of the second TV set.
A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables a housewife to buy 5.4 kg more for ₹ 432. Find the reduced price per kilogram.
P owns a house worth ₹ 20,000. He sells it to Q at a profit of 25%. After some time, Q sells it back to P at a 25% loss. Find P's loss or gain percentage.
A tablet is sold for ₹ 6612.5 at a profit of 15%. What would have been the actual profit or loss, if it had been sold for ₹ 5380?
The average salary per head of all the workers in a company is ₹ 9000. The average salary of 15 officers is ₹ 10,000. Find the total number of workers in the company.
Ramu's average daily expenditure is ₹ 21 during July, ₹ 24 during August and ₹ 11 during September. His approximate daily expenditure for the 3 months is
A man had ten children. When their average age was 15 years a child aged 6 years died. The average age of the remaining 9 children is
Three years ago, the average of a family of 6 members was 18 years. A baby having been born, the average of the family is the same today. What is the age of the baby?