CAT (QA) PYQs

Gita sells two objects $A$ and $B$ at the same price such that she makes a profit of $20 \%$ on object $A$ and $a$ loss of $10 \%$ on object $B$. If she increases the selling price such that objects $A$ and $B$ are still sold at an equal price and a profit of $10 \%$ is made on object $B$, then the profit made on object A will be nearest to

A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg . He then sold $8 \mathrm{~kg}$ of peanuts at a profit of $10 \%$ and $16 \mathrm{~kg}$ of walnuts at a profit of $20 \%$ to a shopkeeper. However, the shopkeeper lost $5 \mathrm{~kg}$ of walnuts and $3 \mathrm{~kg}$ of peanuts in transit. He then mixed the remaining nuts and sold the mixture at Rs. $166$ per kg, thus making an overall profit of $25 \%$. At what price, in Rs. per kg, did the wholesaler buy the walnuts?

If a seller gives a discount of $15 \%$ on retail price, she still makes a profit of $2 \%$. Which of the following ensures that she makes a profit of $20\%$?