A merchant marked the price of an article by increasing its production cost by 40%. Now he allows 20% discount and gets a profit of Rs. 48 after selling it. The production cost is

The marked price of an article is 30% higher than the cost price. If a trader sells the articles allowing 10% discount to customer, then the gain percent will be

The daily wages of A and B respectively are Rs. 3.50 and 2.50. When A finishes a certain work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 63. When B does the same work, he gets a total wage Rs. 75. If both of them do it together what is the cost of the work

A does 2/5 of a work in 9 days. Then B joined him and they together completed the remaining work in 6 days. B alone can finish the whole work in 

John does 1/2 piece of work in 3 hours, Joe does 1/4 of the remaining work in 1 hour and George finishes remaining work in 5 hours. How long would it have taken the three working together to do the work

A water tap fills a tub in 'p' hours and a sink at the bottom empties it in 'q' hours. If p<q and both tap and sink are open, the tank is filled in 'r' hours; then