percentage questions
Q1. Fresh grapes contain 80% water by weight, whereas dried grapes contain 15% water by weight. How many pounds of dried grapes can be obtained from 34 pounds of fresh grapes?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11
e. 1
Q2. Suppose that 25% of all the wise people are nice and half of all the nice people are wise. Suppose further that 25% of all the people are neither wise nor nice. What percent of all the people are both wise and nice?
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 25%
e. 30%
Q3. A merchant uses fake weight while selling and ends up making a profit of 20%, though he claims to sell at cost price. One day he swaps his scale by mistake and therefore ends up making a loss. How much loss did he make?
a. 20%
b. 16.67%
c. 14.28%
d. 25%
e. 12.5%
Q4. A man caught some sh. The 2 heaviest sh had a combined weight which was 25% of the total weight of all the sh. The 5 lightest sh had a combined weight which was 45% of the total weight of all the sh. He put the 2 heaviest sh in the freezer and ate the 5 lightest sh for lunch. His cat took all the remaining sh. How many sh did his cat take?
a. 8
b. 6
c. 4
d. 3
e. 2
Q5. While professing to sell his goods at a profit of 20%, a trader weighs 900gms for a kg, Find his gain percent?
a. 30%
b. 33.33%
c. 50%
d. 40%
e. 24.6%
Q1. Fresh grapes contain 80% water by weight, whereas dried grapes contain 15% water by weight. How many pounds of dried grapes can be obtained from 34 pounds of fresh grapes?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11
e. 1
ans is 8
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Q2. Suppose that 25% of all the wise people are nice and half of all the nice people are wise. Suppose further that 25% of all the people are neither wise nor nice. What percent of all the people are both wise and nice?
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 25%
e. 30%
ans is 15%
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Q3. A merchant uses fake weight while selling and ends up making a profit of 20%, though he claims to sell at cost price. One day he swaps his scale by mistake and therefore ends up making a loss. How much loss did he make?
a. 20%
b. 16.67%
c. 14.28%
d. 25%
e. 12.5%
ans is 16.67%
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hey..plz explain the solution to ques 2 nd 3
ans to ques 4 is 4 according to me..
ans to ques 4 is 4 according to me..
hey dude can u tell me wat logic did u use in ques 4??
den i wud tell u mine... so dat we can verify our answer
please tell me how to do this question
the amswer to question is comming 30


Q5. While professing to sell his goods at a profit of 20%, a trader weighs 900gms for a kg, Find his gain percent?
a. 30%
b. 33.33%
c. 50%
d. 40%
e. 24.6%
ans is 33.33%
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