In an election between two candidates, the candidate who got 30% of the the votes polled is defeated by 1500 votes. Find the number of votes polled by the wining candidate.
In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If the attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly, is:
A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4
Two shopkeepers sell a radio of similar brand and type at the same list price of Rs. 1000. The first allows two successive discounts of 20% and 10% and the second allows the successive discounts of 15% and 15%. Find the difference in discounts offered by the two shopkeepers.
