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Profit And Loss
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Oranges are bought at 5 for Rs. 10 and sold at 6 for Rs. 15. The gain percentage is = ?

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A dealer marks a washing machine for Rs. 7500, and allows a discount of 6% on it. Find the selling price ?

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The marked price of an article is 30% higher than the cost price. If a trader sells the articles allowing 10% discount to customer, then the gain percent will be = ?

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A merchant marked the price of an article by increasing its production cost by 40%. Now he allows 20% discount and gets a profit of Rs. 48 after selling it. The production cost is = ?

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A dealer marked the price of an item 40% above the cost price. He allowed two successive discounts of 20% and 25% to a particular customer. As a result he incurred a loss of Rs. 448. At what price did he sell the item to the said customer?

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The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked price. In this kind of sale, the seller = ?

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A shopkeeper allows 25% discount on his advertised price and to make a profit 25% on his outlay. What is the advertised price (in Rs.) on which he gains Rs. 6000?

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Due to 25% fall in the rate of eggs one can buy 2 dozen eggs more than before by investing Rs. 162. The the original rate per dozen of the eggs is = ?

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Last year Mr. A bought two paintings. This year he sold them for Rs. 20000 each. On one, he made a 25% profit and of the other he had a 25% loss. Then his net profit or loss is = ?

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The profit earned by selling a article at Rs. 5520 is equal to the loss incurred on selling the same article at Rs. 4080. What will be percent profit, if the article is sold at Rs. 6000?

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Rajlani sold a machine for Rs. 22000 with a discount of 8% on the labeled price and made a profit of % . What would have been the profit percent if the machine was sold without discount on the label price?

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A shopkeeper sells rice at 10% profit and uses weight 30% less the actual measure. His gain percent is = ?

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A dinner set is quoted for Rs. 1500. A customer pays Rs. 1173 for it. If the customer get a series of two discounts and the rate of first discount is 15% then the rate of second discount was?

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A dishonest dealer defrauds to the extent of x% in buying as well as selling is goods by using faulty weight. What will be the gain percent on his outlay?

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When an article was sold for Rs. 696, percent profit earned was P%. When the same article was sold for Rs. 841, percent profit earned was (p + 25%). What is the value of P?

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Raza purchased a bicycle for Rs. 6810. He had paid a VAT of 13.5%. The list price of the bicycle was = ?

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The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is 20 : 21. The gain percent on it is = ?

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Mr. Kapur purchased two toy cycles for Rs. 750 each. He sold these cycles, gaining 6% on one and losing 4% on the other. The gain or loss percent in the whole transaction is = ?

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The profit earned by a shopkeeper by selling a bucket at a gain of 8% is Rs. 28 more than when he sells it at a loss of 8%. The cost price (in Rupees) of the bucket is = ?

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Srinivas sold an article for Rs. 6800 and incurred a loss. Had he sold the article foe Rs. 7850, his gain would have been equal to half of the amount of loss that he incurred. At what price should he sell the article to have 20% profit = ?

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