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Page 103
... selling goods , negotiating bills , etc. Brokerage is the charge for procuring sales , insurance , or transfer of property . Commission , brokerage , premium on insurance , and all charges made by an agent for doing business , are ...
... selling goods , negotiating bills , etc. Brokerage is the charge for procuring sales , insurance , or transfer of property . Commission , brokerage , premium on insurance , and all charges made by an agent for doing business , are ...
Page 119
... selling price . If the selling price be greater than the prime cost , the difference is called profit ; if it be less , it is called loss . Questions in Profit and Loss are worked by Simple and Compound Proportion , and Practice . Ex ...
... selling price . If the selling price be greater than the prime cost , the difference is called profit ; if it be less , it is called loss . Questions in Profit and Loss are worked by Simple and Compound Proportion , and Practice . Ex ...
Page 121
... selling it at 8d . ? ANS . £ 6 per cent . gain . 16. By selling cheese at 60s . a cwt . I lost 16 per cent . what will I gain or lose per cent . by selling it at 68s . ? ANS . £ 4 per cent . loss . 17. Sold shoes at 8s . , and lost 4 ...
... selling it at 8d . ? ANS . £ 6 per cent . gain . 16. By selling cheese at 60s . a cwt . I lost 16 per cent . what will I gain or lose per cent . by selling it at 68s . ? ANS . £ 4 per cent . loss . 17. Sold shoes at 8s . , and lost 4 ...
Page 122
... selling an article for £ 11 , 5s . , and recovered the loss by selling another for £ 18 , 15s .; what was the gain per cent . on the second article ? ANS . £ 74 per cent . 24. A bought goods for £ 5750 , and sold them to B for £ 6900 ...
... selling an article for £ 11 , 5s . , and recovered the loss by selling another for £ 18 , 15s .; what was the gain per cent . on the second article ? ANS . £ 74 per cent . 24. A bought goods for £ 5750 , and sold them to B for £ 6900 ...
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... selling 5 apples for 2d . , 5 p . c . is gained ; what is gained or lost p . c . by selling 18 for 6d . ? ANS . 12 p . c . loss . 80. A starts from a certain place at the rate of 41⁄2 miles an hour ; after 40 minutes , B starts from the ...
... selling 5 apples for 2d . , 5 p . c . is gained ; what is gained or lost p . c . by selling 18 for 6d . ? ANS . 12 p . c . loss . 80. A starts from a certain place at the rate of 41⁄2 miles an hour ; after 40 minutes , B starts from the ...
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acres amount annex ANSWERS ARITHMETIC Bought casks cent centimes ciphers cloth compound interest containing cost cubic debt decimal denominator discount Divide dividend divisor drams Edinburgh EDINBURGH ACADEMY Edition Exercises farthings feet Find the value florins FRENCH gain gallons gals GEOGRAPHY George Watson's College given number guineas hectometre hence hhds hundred improper fraction inches insured JUNIOR CLASSES least common multiple litres loaf weighs lower name MEASURE Metric System miles mixed number months multiplicand Multiply myriametres NOTE Oliver and Boyd's ounces paid pound present value Pronunciation quarters quotient READING-BOOK Reduce remainder rent right-hand figure root RULE School shillings Simple sold square square miles sterling stiff wrapper subtract sugar SURENNE'S tare tons TROY WEIGHT Vocabulary VULGAR FRACTIONS weight wheat whole number write yards
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