A seller uses faulty weight in place of a 2 kg weight and earns a 25% profit. He claims that he is selling on the cost price in front of the customers but uses a faulty weight. How much error is there in the 2 kg weight to gain 25%?
Abhi bought two articles for Rs. 624. He sold one at a loss of 14% and the other at a profit of 14%. If the selling price of both the articles is equal. Then the difference between their cost prices (in Rs.) is:
A shopkeeper bought 60 pencils at a rate of 4 for Rs. 5 and another 60 pencils at a rate of 2 for Rs. 3. He mixed all the pencils and sold them at a rate of 3 for Rs. 4. Find his gain or loss percentage.
A tea seller used to make 50% of profit by selling tea at Rs. 9 per cup. When the cost of ingredients increased by 25%, he started selling tea at Rs. 10 per cup. What is his profit percentage now?
A man sells his goods at a certain price, 20% of which is his profit. If the price at which he buys the goods increases by 10% and he sells them at an 8% higher price, then what will be his profit percent (correct to one decimal place)?
A shopkeeper advertises for selling cloth at 7% loss. However, by using a false scale of length 1 metre he actually gains 24%. What will be the actual length he uses instead of 1 metre?
A businessman cheats by using faulty weights, to the tune of 12% each time, when buying and selling material. What is the rise in his profit percentage using faulty weights only?
An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 3331% of this price, there is a loss of 3331%. What is the percentage profit if the article is sold at 80% of its original selling price?
A vegetable seller sells potatoes at Rs. 22 per kg which he purchased at Rs. 18 per kg. But he gives only 850 grams of potatoes instead of 1 kg while selling. What is the actual percentage profit earned by the seller?
A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 10%. If he bought the article at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 1,000 more, he would have made a profit of 40%. The cost price of the article (in Rs.) is:
How many kg of rice costing Rs. 42 per kg should be mixed with 721 kg rice costing Rs. 50 per kg so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 53.10 per kg, there is a gain of 18%.
An article is sold at 25 percent loss. If its cost price is doubled and selling price is increased by Rs. 660, then there is a profit of 20 percent. What is the original cost price of the article?
A shopkeeper earns 10% on an investment but loses 20% on another investment. If the ratio of the two investments is 2 : 3, then the combined loss percentage is:
