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A man sells chocolates which are in the boxes. Only either full box or half a box of chocolates can be purchased from him. A customer comes and buys half the number of boxes which the seller had plus half box more. A second customer comes and purchases half the remaining number of boxes plus half a box. After this the seller is left with no chocolate boxes. How many chocolate boxes the seller had initially?
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 3.5
E None of these
A department store receives a shipment of 1,000 shirts, for which it pays $9,000. The store sells the shirts at a price 80 percent above cost for one month, after which it reduces the price of the shirts to 20 percent above cost. The store sells 75 percent of the shirts during the first month and 50 percent of the remaining shirts afterward. How much gross income did sales of the shirts generate?
A Tk. 10800
B Tk 12150
C Tk 13500
D Tk 14800
Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be tow and a half times of Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit's age
A 2 times
B 2.5 times
C 3.5 times
D 4 times
Over the course of a year , a certain microbrewery increased its beer output by 70 percent, At the same time , it decreased its total working hours by 20 percent , By what percent did this factory increase its output per hour?
A 90%
B 112.5%
C 212.5%
D 50%
At the beginning of a class period, half of the students in a class go to the library. Later in the period, half of the remaining students go to the computer lab. If there are 8 students remaining in the class, how many students were originally in the cla
A 12
B 16
C 24
D 32
At the beginning of a class period, half of the students in a class go to the library. Later in the period, half of the remaining students go to the computer lab. If there are 5 students remaining in the class, how many students were originally in the class?
A 12
B 16
C 24
D 32
The half life period of a radioactive substance is best determined by counting the number of alpha particles emitted per second in a Geiger Muller counter from its known quantity. If the half life period of a radioactive substance is one month, then
A $${\frac{3}{4}^{{\text{th}}}}$$ of it will disintegrate in two months
B It will completely disintegrate in two months
C It will completely disintegrate in four months
D $${\frac{l}{8}^{{\text{th}}}}$$ of it will remain intact at the end of four months
A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in two-thirds of the total time; to cover the remaining distance in the remaining time , his speed (in km/hr ) must be :
A 6
B 8
C 12
D 15
The time required for half of the __________ of a radioactive isotope to decay is called its half life.
A Nuclei
B Electrons
C Protons
D Neutrons
At a certain bookstore , the regular price of each book is 20 percent less than its list price. If during a sale the price of each book at the store was 15 percent less than its regular price, then the price of a book during the sale was what percent less than its list price ?
A 30%
B 32%
C 35%
D 38%

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