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Q. A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas. How many miles can it travel on 8 gallons?
Q. A company produces 500 units of a gadget in a month. If production increases by 25% next month, how many units will be produced?
Q. A factory produces 500 units of a product in 8 hours. How many units does it produce in 1 hour?
Q. A group of philosophers meets every 2 weeks. How many meetings will they have in a year?
Q. A laptop is sold for $1200 after a 15% increase in price. What was the original price?
Q. A new phone model is expected to sell 200,000 units in its first year. If the price is set at $700, what is the expected revenue?
Q. A person saves $200 every month. How much will they save in a year?
Q. A philosophical book costs $15. If a library buys 10 copies, how much will it spend in total?
Q. A philosophical debate lasts for 2 hours and 30 minutes. How many minutes is that in total?
Q. A philosophical seminar has 40 participants. If 25% of them are students, how many students are there?
Q. A philosophical text is divided into 4 chapters, each containing 15 pages. How many pages are there in total?
Q. A store is having a sale where all items are 20% off. If an item originally costs $50, what is the sale price?
Q. A student has to write an essay of 1500 words. If they have already written 600 words, what percentage of the essay is left to write?
Q. A student has to write an essay of 2000 words. If they write 500 words each day, how many days will it take to complete the essay?
Q. A student spends 1/4 of their essay writing time on brainstorming. If they have 2 hours to write, how much time do they spend brainstorming?
Q. A student writes an essay in 4 drafts. If the first draft has 300 words, and each subsequent draft increases the word count by 25%, what is the total word count after all drafts?
Q. A student writes an essay of 1200 words in 2 hours. If they want to increase their writing speed by 50%, how many words can they write in the same time?
Q. A tablet is priced at $300. If the price increases by 10% and then decreases by 10%, what is the final price?
Q. A video game is released at $60. If it sells 1 million copies in the first month, what is the total revenue?
Q. How can one effectively manage time while writing an essay in the UPSC Mains examination?
Q. How important is the conclusion in an essay for the UPSC Mains examination?
Q. If a bicycle costs $120 and is on sale for 25% off, what is the sale price?
Q. If a philosopher has 12 theories and he decides to discard 3, how many theories does he have left?
Q. If a philosopher reads 5 books in a month, how many books will he read in 6 months?
Q. If a philosopher spends 1/4 of his time on ethics, 1/3 on metaphysics, and the rest on epistemology, what fraction of his time is spent on epistemology?
Q. If a philosopher writes 3 articles per month, how many articles will he write in 2 years?
Q. If a philosopher's argument is valid 80% of the time, what is the probability that it is invalid?
Q. If a recipe requires 2 cups of flour for 4 servings, how many cups are needed for 10 servings?
Q. If a smartphone costs $800 and is on a 20% discount, what is the sale price?
Q. If a smartwatch is bought for $250 and sold for $300, what is the percentage profit?