Stephen bought a clock for 3,924 and sold it. If Stephen earned a profit of 25%,then what was selling price of the clock?

Calculating the Selling Price (SP): Formula for Selling Price: The selling price (SP) is calculated using the formula: \[SP = CP \times \left(1 + \frac{\text{Profit \%}}{100} \right)\] Step 1: Given Data Cost Price (\( CP \)) = Rs 3,924 Profit Percentage = 25% Step 2: Substituting the Values \[ SP = 3,924 \times \left(1 + \frac{25}{100} \right) \] \[ SP = 3,924 \times 1.25 \] Step 3: Compute the Selling Price \[ SP = 4,905 \] Final Answer: Thus, the selling price is Rs 4,905 (Option B).

Stephen bought a clock for 3,924 and sold it. If Stephen earned a profit of 25%

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XAT - 2025
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
Percentage

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Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Confidence level	(I) Percentage of all possible samples that can be expected to include the true population parameter
(B) Significance level	(III) The probability of making a wrong decision when the null hypothesis is true
(C) Confidence interval	(II) Range that could be expected to contain the population parameter of interest
(D) Standard error	(IV) The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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