Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

@vbhvgupta said:
A retailer buy a tv at a discount of 15 % and sels it for 5865, thus making a profit of 15%. the discount is?
765??
@vbhvgupta 900?
@vbhvgupta said:
A retailer buy a tv at a discount of 15 % and sels it for 5865, thus making a profit of 15%. the discount is?
900
CP=5100
MP=6000
@vbhvgupta said:
if a commission of 10% is given on the marked price of a book the publisher gains 20%. if the comission is increased to 15%, the gain of publisher?
13.33% ?

Do it by assumption.
@gs4890 said:
x = 100/115 * 100/85 * 5865x = 6000Thus, discount = 900 ?
I have doubt..plz clear
see 6900 will be the mp as 100/85 * 5865
so discount shd be 6900 - 5865 that is hw i did it..... discount will be calculated on MP
so why u took this 100/115 * 100/85 * 5865 and 900 shud be markup difference
@iLoveTorres said:
baat answer ki nahi hai it proves i got to work on my maths skills.. Look first calculate the cost incurred by the newspaper company by selling 12000 copies C.P = 12000*11=132000Now lets calculate the income by selling it at the marked price but if the newspaper agency receives 40% incentive on rs 3 it means the agency gives the newspaper company rs 1.8/newspaper Thus for 12000 newspaper the company receives 12000*1.8=21600hence a loss of 132000-21600 = 110400Now the company prices the advertisement price as 300 per centimeter and gives a incentive of 15% so the company gets 300 - 15% of 300 = 255/adbut the company has to make up a loss of 110400So the minimum break even point where the company ends up in profit will be at 110400/255 = 432.9 ~435
arey bhai abi bahut time hai keep on practicing...u can surely improve. hum log sab ek saath hain
@iLoveTorres said:
900?
@KhannaiiM said:
900CP=5100MP=6000
@audiq7 said:
@vbhvgupta 900?
@DeAdLy said:
765??
OA 900

At what % above CP must an article be marked so as to gain 17% after allowing a discount of 10%.

@vbhvgupta said:
I have doubt..plz clear see 6900 will be the mp as 100/85 * 5865 so discount shd be 6900 - 5865 that is hw i did it..... discount will be calculated on MP so why u took this 100/115 * 100/85 * 5865 and 900 shud be markup difference
Read the Q again. 5865 is the amount he fetches at a profit of 15%. Thus (100/85 * 5865 ) will not give you the MP.
@vbhvgupta said:
A retailer buy a tv at a discount of 15 % and sels it for 5865, thus making a profit of 15%. the discount is?
900 aa raha hai..
@gs4890 said:
Read the Q again. 5865 is the amount he fetches at a profit of 15%. Thus (100/85 * 5865 ) will not give you the MP.
yar not getting?
@saurav205 said:
900 aa raha hai..
Bhai tum bhi explain kar do..

In how many ways can 600 be expressed as a sum of two or more consecutive natural numbers?

@vbhvgupta said:
At what % above CP must an article be marked so as to gain 17% after allowing a discount of 10%.
5.3%
@mailtoankit said:
start from x = 23f(3) + 2f(2) + 1f(1) = 03f(2) + 2f(2) = -404f(4) + 3f(3) + 2f(2) = 04f(4) - 40 = 04f(4) = 40now put x = 56f(6) + 5f(5) + 4f(4) = 06*180 + 5f(5) + 40 = 05f(5) = -11207f(7) + 6f(6) + 5f(5) = 07f(7) + 1080 - 1120 = 40proceed like this only..14f(14) + 13f(13) + 12f(12) = 014f(14) + 40 + 1080 = 014f(14) = -1120f(14) = -80koi or short method hai...
bhai i got 80..
@iLoveTorres said:
5.3%
OA 30%
@vbhvgupta said:
At what % above CP must an article be marked so as to gain 17% after allowing a discount of 10%.
Let, MP be 100
SP = 90
CP = 90*100/117 ------------- (a)
%above CP at which an article must be marked will be => (100 -a) / a
i.e. 30% ?
@vbhvgupta said:
At what % above CP must an article be marked so as to gain 17% after allowing a discount of 10%.
30% ?

cp = 100
mp = 100*130/100 = 130
sp = 130*90/100 = 117
gain of 17%
@KhannaiiM said:
In how many ways can 600 be expressed as a sum of two or more consecutive natural numbers?
24?
@vbhvgupta said:
Bhai tum bhi explain kar do..
bhai simple hai... jugaaadi approach. suppose, 115 mein becha hai aur cost hai uski 100 rs. now problem says 5865 me becha hai, to cost aayegi, 5100. now 5100 aaya hai 15% discount ke baad, to original cost hui 6000. ab 6000-5100 is 900.