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QUESTION:
A person bought an article for [Link] how
much should he sell it so as to gain 10%?
(A) Rs275
(B) Rs280
(C) Rs300
(A) Rs275
(D) None of these
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QUESTION:
If by selling an article for Rs390 a shopkeeper
gains 20%, find his cost price.
(A) Rs325
(B) Rs350
(C) Rs400
(D) None of these (A) Rs325
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QUESTION:
A machine is sold for Rs5060 at a gain of
10%.What would have been the gain or loss
percent if it had been sold for Rs4370?
(A)
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QUESTION:
I sold a book at a profit of 12%. Had I sold it for
Rs18 more,18% profit would have been gained.
Find the cost price.
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QUESTION:
A person sells an article at a profit of 10%. If he
had bought it at 10% less and sold it for Rs3
more, he would have gained 25%.Find the cost
price.
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QUESTION:
A person purchased a certain number of
articles at 11 for Rs10 and sold them at 10 for
Rs11. Find his profit or loss%.
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QUESTION:
A person purchased a certain number of
articles at 4 for a rupee and the same number
of article for 5 for a rupee. He mixed them
together and sold them at 4 for a rupee. Find
his profit or loss%.
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QUESTION:
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods
at the cost price, but uses a false weight of
800gms for a kg weight. Find his profit%.
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QUESTION:
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods
at 10% less on cost price but uses a false
weight of 800gms for a kg weight. Find his
profit or loss%.
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QUESTION:
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods
at 25% above on cost price but uses a false
weight of 1200gms for a kg weight. Find his
profit or loss%.
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QUESTION:
A person sold an article for Rs144 and got a
profit percentage equal to the cost price. Find
the cost price.
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QUESTION:
A dealer sold an article at a loss of 2.5%. Had
he sold it for Rs100 more, he would have
gained 7.5%? For what value should he sell it
in order to gain 12.5%?
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QUESTION:
The cost price of 20 articles is equal to the
selling price of 15 articles. Find the profit or
loss percent.
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QUESTION:
By selling 80metres of cloth a merchant gets
the profit of the selling price of 20metres of
cloth. Find his profit%.
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PROFIT & LOSS
QUESTION:
A whole seller sells 30 pens for the price of 27
pens to a retailer. The retailer sells the pens at
the marked price. Find the percent of profit of
the retailer.
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QUESTION:
If goods are purchased for Rs840 and one-
fourth is sold at a loss of 20%, at what gain
percent should the remainder be sold so as to
gain 20% on the whole transaction?
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QUESTION:
2/3 of a consignment was sold at 6% profit and
the rest at a loss of 3%. If there was an overall
profit of Rs540, find the value of the
consignment.
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QUESTION:
A reduction of 10% in the price of sugar
enables a person to obtain 25kg more for
Rs5000. What is the reduction price per kg?
Find also the original price per kg.
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QUESTION:
A tradesman marks his goods at 25% above
his cost price and allows purchasers a
discount of 12.5% for cash payment. What
profit % does he make?
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QUESTION:
A trader allows a discount of 5% for cash
payment. How much % above the cost price
must he marks his goods to make a profit of
10%?
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QUESTION:
A man buys two horses for Rs1350. He sells
one so as to lose 6% and the other so as to
gain 7.5%. On the whole he neither gains nor
loses. What does each horse cost?
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QUESTION:
If a person sells two watches for Rs1000 each,
gaining 15% on one and losing 15% on the
other, find his total gain or loss.
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QUESTION:
A hawker sells oranges at a profit of 25 per
cent. If he increases the selling price of each
orange by 30 paisa, he earns a profit of 40%.
Find the cost price and the initial selling price
of each orange.
A.Rs2.00, Rs3.00
B.Rs2.00, Rs2.50
C.Rs2.00, Rs4.00
D.Rs2.50, Rs3.00
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Solution
Let cost price = 100/-
Profit of 25% = Rs.125
After increasing the S.P of each orange, he earns a
profit of 40%
So, profit = 140 /-
Initially profit is Rs.125/-
Different between the profits = 15
For 15 = 30 times
For 1 = 2 times
So initial S.P = Rs.125 * 2 = Rs.250
And C.P = Rs.100 * 2 = Rs.200
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QUESTION:
A person bought two watches for Rs.480. He
sold one at a loss of 15% and the other at a
gain of 19% and he found that each watch was
sold at the same price. Find the cost price of
the two watches.
A. Rs400, Rs280
B. Rs420, Rs200
C. Rs280, Rs200
D. None of the above
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Solution
Let the 2 watches are A and B.
So, 85% of A = 119% of B
Ratio between A and B is = 7:5
The whole parts is 12 parts
For 12 parts = Rs.480
Or, 1 part = Rs.40
Or, 7 parts = Rs.280 and 5 parts = Rs.200.
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QUESTION:
A sells a horse to B at a loss of 20% and B
sells it to C at a loss of 25%. If C pays Rs.900
for it, at what price did A buy?
A. 1000/-
B. 1200/-
C. 7000/-
D. 1500/-
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Solution
Let A buy it at Rs.100/-
A sells a horse to B at a loss of 20%
So, B buy at Rs.80/-
B sells to C at a loss of 25%
So, C buy at Rs.60
And, C pays Rs.900 for it
For 60 parts it is 900/-
For 100 parts it is 1500/-
So, A buy it for Rs.1500.
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What profit percent is made by selling an
article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3
of that price there would be a loss of
20%?
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Two persons calculate their profit percent
in two different ways. One of them
calculates a profit of 25% on the cost
price and another a profit of 25% on the
selling price. If the selling price of both of
them are the same, find their cost price
and selling price.
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If a discount of 10% is given on the
marked price of an article, the shopkeeper
gets a profit of 20%. Find his profit % if he
offers a discount of 20% on the same
article.
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I bought two watches for Rs480. I sold
one at a loss of 15% and the other at a
gain of 19% and then I found that each
watch is sold at the same price. Find the
cost price of two watches.
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