CAT (QA) PYQs

Amal buys $110 \mathrm{~kg}$ of syrup and $120 \mathrm{~kg}$ of juice, syrup being 20% less costly than juice, per kg. He sells $10 \mathrm{~kg}$ of syrup at 10% profit and $20 \mathrm{~kg}$ of juice at $20 \%$ profit. Mixing the remaining juice and syrup, Amal sells the mixture at Rs. $308.32$ per kg and makes an overall profit of $64 \%$. Then, Amal's cost price for syrup, in rupees per kg, is

On selling a pen at $5 \%$ loss and a book at $15 \%$ gain, Karim gains Rs. $7$. If he sells the pen at $5 \%$ gain and the book at $10 \%$ gain, he gains Rs. 13. What is the cost price of the book in Rupees?

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