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Kajol went to a fruit market with a certain amount of money. With the money she has, she can buy either 40 apples or 70 mangoes. She retains 15% of her money for auto fare. If she buys 35 mangoes, how many more apples can she buy?

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Important Questions on Arithmetic

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In an election for the post of class representative at Pitampura Centre where two candidates were contesting, 10% of the students did not vote (because they were late, as usual) and 60 votes recorded were declared invalid (because stray marks were made on the ballot paper). Winning candidate won the election by 308 votes and it was found that he had been supported by 47% of the whole students of the class. What is the the number of valid votes recorded for each candidate?
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If the length and breadth of a rectangular plot are increased by 50% and 20% respectively then the new area is how many times the original area
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In Question 1, after how many such percentage discounts in succession will the effective discount be higher than 50% ?
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My Alliance India phone bill for the month of May is B. On top of this, there is a service tax of S%, which has to be levied upon this value. However, since they are having a guilt feeling of overcharging their customers fraudulently, they offer a discount of D% also on top of this. So, my billing goes like this  BS%D% Final Bill

But surprisingly, my final bill is equal to B itself. Now, which of the following is true regarding S and D (assume all the values to be positive)?

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Assuming percentage to be true for all the real values, which of the following can be true?

40% of A=60% of B

(i) A>B

(ii) B>A

(iii) B=A

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A manufacturer of detergent cakes increased the price of his product, and as a result of which, there was a decrease of 20% in its sales. If the sales turnover increases by 20% due to this change, then what was the percentage increase in the price?
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In the recently concluded referendum in New York, regarding calling back US troops from Iraq, 600 people voted on a referendum, but after some discussion, the opponents increased by 150%. The motion was then rejected by a majority two times as great as that by which it was formerly passed. How many people voted against the initial referendum?
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The number of students present in the class of Manoj Yadav is M, and out of those M students, 22.1875% are stupids. If the number of stupids in the class is N, then what can be the minimum value of M+N ?