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Profit And Loss
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Q321

A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of Rs. 250 each. He spent an amount of Rs. 2500 on transport and packing. He fixed the labelled price of each calculator at Rs. 320. However, he decided to give a discount of 5% on labelled price. What is the percentage profit earned by him ?

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Q322

If a man estimates his loss as 20% of the selling price, then his loss percent is = ?

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Q323

A person sold a TV for Rs. 9400 then he lost a particular amount. When he sold another TV of the same type at Rs. 10600, his gain was double the former loss. What was the cost price of each TV?

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Q324

A person bought 50 pens for Rs. 50 each. He sold 40 of them at a loss of 5%. He wants to gain 10% on the whole. Then his gain percent on the remaining pens should be = ?

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Q325

A person first increases the price of a commodity by 10% and then he announces a discount of 15%. The actual discount on the original price is -

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Q326

Raman bought a camera and paid 20% less than its original price. He sold it at 40% profit on the price he had paid. The percentage of profit earned by Raman on the original price was -

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Q327

A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 40% profit, half of remaining at 40% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction his gain or loss will be = ?

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Q328

A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of Rs. 12 per pen. He sold 50 pens at a gain of 10%. The percentage gain at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain 15% on the whole outlay is = ?

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Q329

From 2008 to 2009, the sales of a book decreased by 80%. If the sales in 2010 were the same as in 2008, by what percent did it increase from 2009 to 2010 ?

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Q330

A trader marked the price of a product in such a way that it is 20% more than the cost price. If he allows 10% discount on the marked price to the customer then his gain is -

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Q331

A trader marked the price of his commodity so as to include a profit of 25%. He allowed discount of 16% on the marked price. His actual profit was -

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Q332

The cost price of a radio is Rs. 600. The 5% of the cost price is charged towards transportation. After adding that, if the net profit to be made is 15%, then the selling price of the radio must be = ?

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Q333

A shopkeeper purchased a TV for Rs. 2000 and a radio for Rs. 750. He sells the TV at a profit of 20% and the radio at a loss of 5%. The total loss or profit is = ?

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Q334

A fruit seller buys 240 apples for Rs. 600. Some of these apples are rotten and are thrown away. He sells the remaining apples at Rs. 3.50 each and makes a profit of Rs. 198. The % of apples thrown away are ?

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Q335

A tradesman marks his goods 30% above the C.P. If he allows a discount of

6 \frac{1}{4}

%, then his gain percent is -

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Q336

A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and the printed price of the book is -

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Q337

Pawan kaul earns 15 percent on an investment but loses 10 percent on another investment. If the ratio of two investments is 3 : 5, then the combined loss percent is = ?

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Q338

A trader sells two bullocks for Rs. 8400 each, neither losing nor gaining in total. If he sold of one of the bullocks at a gain of 20%, the other is sold at a loss of = ?

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Q339

By selling an article at

\frac{3}{4}

of selling price, a trader incurred a loss of 10%. The Profit/loss percentage, when it is sold at the original selling price, is = ?

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Q340

A showroom owner sells a leather jacket for Rs. x and claims to make a profit of 10%. He plans to have a stall in the trade fair and marks the same jacket at Rs. 2x. At the stall,he allows a discount of 20%. What will be the percentage profit that he will make at the trade fair?

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