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Left pan of a faculty balance weighs 100 grams more than its right pan. A shopkeeper keeps the weight measure in the left pan while buying goods but keeps it in the right pan while selling his goods. He uses only 1 kg weight measure. If he sells his goods at the listed cost price, what is his gain ?

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A dishonest dealer sells the goods at 20% loss on cost price but uses 15% less weight. What is his percentage profit or loss ?

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While selling to the retailer, a company allows 30% discount on the marked price of their products. If the retailer sells those products at marked price, his profit % will be = ?

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A trader marked the price of a commodity so as to include a profit of 25% , but allow discount of 16% on the marked price. His actual profit will be = ?

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A got 30% concession on the label price of an article and sold for Rs. 8750 with 25% profit on the price he bought. The label price was = ?

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A shopkeeper advertises for selling cloth at 4% loss. However, by using a false meter scale he actually gains 20% . What is the actual length of the scale ?

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A trader professes to sell his goods at a nominal gain percentage but actually earns % profit by using false weight. If for a kg he uses a weight of 800 gm, what is the nominal gain percentage at which he claims to be selling his goods ?

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A stockist wants to make some profit by selling sugar. He contemplates about various methods. Which of the following would maximize his profit ?

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A shopkeeper marks his goods 15% above the cost price, but allows 20% discount for cash. His net loss is = ?

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A trader allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. He still has a profit of 17% on the cost price. Find the profit percentage. If he sells at the marked price = ?

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Prateek sold a music system to Karthik at 20% gain and karthik sold it to Swastik at 40% gain. If Swastik paid Rs. 10500 for the music system, What amount did Prateek pay for the same ?

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A bought a radio set and spent Rs. 110 on its repairs. He then sold it to B at 20% profit, B sold it to C at a loss of 10% and C sold it for Rs. 1188 at a profit of 10% . What is the amount for which A bought the radio set ?

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A retailer purchased radiosets at the rate of Rs. 400 each from a wholesaler. He raised the price by 30% and then allowed a discount of 8% on each set. His profit will be = ?

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An article which is marked at Rs. 975 is sold for Rs. 897. The % discount is = ?

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The difference between successive discounts of 40% followed by 30% and 45% followed by 20% on the marked price of an article is Rs. 12. The marked price of the article is = ?

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A car worth Rs. 150000 was sold by x to y at 5% profit. y sold the car back to x at 2% loss. In the entire transaction = ?

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An article passing through two hands is sold at a profit of 38% at the original cost price. If the first dealer makes a profit of 20% , then the profit percent made by the second is -

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A dealer buys an article listed at Rs. 100 and gets successive discount of 10% and 20% . He spends 10% of the cost price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earn a profit of 15% ?

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Allowing 20% and 15% successive discounts, the selling price of an article becomes Rs. 3060: then the marked price will be = ?

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List price of a book is Rs. 100. A dealer sells three such books for Rs. 274.50 after allowing discount at a certain rate, find the rate of discount = ?

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