The tops of two poles of height 24 m and 36 m are connected by wire. If the wire makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal, then the length of the wire is.
Joseph bought two woollen jackets for Rs. 2,100 and Rs. 3,150, respectively. By selling the first at a gain of k% and the second at a loss of k%, he found that the selling price of both is the same. What is the value of k?
By selling an article for Rs. 1,170, Elisa suffers as much loss as she would have gained by selling it at a profit of 22%. If she sells it for Rs. 1,450, then her profit/loss per cent (correct up to one decimal place) is:
A and B together can complete a certain work in 20 days whereas B and C together can complete it in 24 days. If A is twice as good a workman as C, then in what time will B alone do 40% of the same work?