CUET General Test - The price of an article, passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 61%, if the first and the second sellers earned 15% and 20% profit respectively, find the percentage profit earned by the third seller. | PYQs + Solutions

CUET General Test 2025 19 May Shift 2

Arithmetic

Medium

16%

$\frac{100}{6}$ %

20%

12.5%

✅ Correct Option: 2

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