CAT (QA) PYQs

A man buys $35$ kg of sugar and sets a marked price in order to make a $20\%$ profit. He sells $5$ kg at this price, and $15$ kg at a $10\%$ discount. Accidentally, $3$ kg of sugar is wasted. He sells the remaining sugar by raising the marked price by $p$ percent so as to make an overall profit of $15\%$. Then $p$ is nearest to

The manufacturer of a table sells it to a wholesale dealer at a profit of $10 \%$. The wholesale dealer sells the table to a retailer at a profit of $30\%$. Finally, the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of $50\%$. If the customer pays Rs $4290$ for the table, then its manufacturing cost (in Rs) is

A shopkeeper sells two tables, each procured at cost price $p$, to Amal and Asim at a profit of $20\%$ and at a loss of $20\%$, respectively. Amal sells his table to Bimal at a profit of $30\%$, while Asim sells his table to Barun at a loss of $30\%$. If the amounts paid by Bimal and Barun are $x$ and $y$, respectively, then $(x -y) / p$ equals