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Profit And Loss
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Q401

Sanjay made a profit of 8% by selling a shirt after offering a discount of 12%. If the marked price of the shirt is Rs. 1080, find cost price = ?

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Q402

A book seller allowed 10% discount on printed price. He gets 30% commission from publisher. His profit in percent will be?

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Q403

A shopkeeper increases the price of an object by 40% and then sells it at 25% discount on the marked price. If the selling price of such an object be Rs. 2100, its cost price for the shopkeeper was?

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Q404

By what fraction selling price must be multiplied to get the cost price, if the loss is 20% = ?

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Q405

The sale price of an article including the sales tax is Rs. 1232. The rate of sales tax is 10%. If the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12%, then the cost price of the article is = ?

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Q406

Meena Kumari goes to a shop and buys a saree, costing Rs. 5225, including sales tax of 12%. The shopkeeper gives her a discount, so that the price is decreased by an amount equivalent to sales tax. The price is decreased by ( nearest value) ?

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Q407

Ramesh sold a book at a loss of 30%. If he has sold it for Rs. 140 more, he would have made a profit of 40%. The cost price of the book is = ?

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Q408

A sells a watch to B and makes a loss of 12%. B makes a profit of

12 \frac{1}{2}

% by selling the watch to C. If A sells the watch to be at the cost of which C purchased it, then the percentage of loss or profit of A will be = ?

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Q409

Supriya sold a washing machine for Rs. 8500. She incurred a loss of 15% in this transaction. At what price had she bought the washing machine ?

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Q410

The price of an article is first increased by 20% and later on decreased by 25% due to reduction in sales. Find the net percentage change in final price of the article?

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Q411

A shopkeeper offered a discount of 15% on the labelled price. By selling an article for Rs. 340 after giving discount he earned a profit of

13 \frac{1}{3}

% . What would have been the percent profit earned if no discount was offered?

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Q412

A lady buys grocery worth Rs. 350 from a shop. The shopkeeper is selling the goods with zero profit.
The lady gives him Rs. 2000 note. The shopkeeper gets the change from the next shop, keeps 350 for himself and returns Rs.1650 to the lady.
Later, the shopkeeper of the next shop comes with Rs. 2000 note saying that it is a duplicate note and takes his money back.
How much loss did the shopkeeper face?

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Q413

A lady buys goods worth Rs. 200 from a shop. (shopkeeper is selling the goods with zero profit). The lady gives him a Rs. 1000 note. The shopkeeper gets the change from the next shop and keeps Rs. 200 for himself and returns Rs.800 to the lady. Later the shopkeeper of the next shop comes with the Rs.1000 note saying “duplicate” and takes his money back. How much LOSS did the shopkeeper face?

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Q414

A shopkeeper sells his items using a faulty balance which measures 25% less. He then marks up his items 15% above the cost price. If he also gives a discount of 10%, then find his net profit percentage on 1 kg items

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Q415

A trader bought 640 kg of rice. He sold a part of the rice at 20% profit and the rest of 5% loss. He earned a profit of 15% in the entire transaction. What is the ratio of the quantity of rice that he sold at a loss of 5% to that of the quantity that he sold at a profit of 20%?

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Q416

Ramesh claims that he is selling onions at Rs. 36 per kg, which costs him Rs. 40 per kg, but he gives 800 grams instead of 1 kg. Find Ramesh's percentage gain or loss.

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Q417

A T.V. is sold at 8% gain. Had is been sold for Rs. 714 more, then the gain would have been 15%. To gain 18%, the selling price of the T.V. should be:

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Q418

Two article are sold for Rs. 5,104 each. On one, the seller gains 16% and on the other, he loses 12%. What is his overall gain percent, nearest to two decimal places?

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Q419

A person sold an article at a loss of 16%. Had he sold it for Rs. 660 more, he would have gained 8%. If the article is sold at Rs. 3,080, then how much profit percentage is gained?

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Q420

The selling prices of articles A and B are the same. A is sold at a profit of 28 percent and B is sold at a loss of 24 percent. If the total selling price of the both articles is Rs. 48640, then what is the cost price of A and B, respectively?

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