Aditya has some amount,out of which $25 \%$ is stolen,$10 \%$ he gave to his friend,$50 \%$ of the remainder is spent on a party,and the rest $Rs. 26$ he gave to his mother. What was his initial amount?

The monthly salary of Mr. Sachdev increases by $5 \%$,and as a result,his new annual salary becomes $₹ 15,120$. What was his earlier monthly salary (before the increase)?

The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of $10 \%$ every year. It was purchased $3$ years ago. If its present value is $₹ 8748$,its purchase price was:

$A$ spider climbed $62 \frac{1}{2} \%$ of the height of the pole in one hour and in the next hour it covered $12 \frac{1}{2} \%$ of the remaining height. If the height of the pole is $192 \, m$,then the distance climbed in the second hour is:

Milk contains $5 \%$ water. What quantity of pure milk should be added to $10$ litres of milk to reduce this to $2 \%$?

$3.5$ can be expressed in terms of percentage as