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Ratio of Cost price to selling price of a book is 5:6 and ratio of selling price to marked price is 4:5. Marked price of the book is by what percent more t...
The cost price of an article is ₹520. Some part of it is sold at 16% loss and the remaining part at some profit %. In this transaction, there is a profit...
D-Mart sold two toys - one at 10% loss and another at 20% profit. What is the percent profit or loss if the cost prices of the toys are in the ratio 3:2?
A shopkeeper sells two items at the same price for Rs 2800 each. If he sells one item at 40% profit and other at 30% loss, find the loss incurred by the sh...
A Shopkeeper sold an article at 20% loss. If he had sold it for Rs. 420/- more, he would have made 40% profit, find the selling price of the article?
A dishonest seller uses a weight of 900 gms instead of 1 kg and also sells his goods at 10% more than CP. Find his approx. profit percent.
Rajendra purchased a bike for Rs 72,500/- and a laptop for Rs 32,000/-. He sold the bike at a profit of 20% and the laptop at a loss of 25%. Find his overa...
Nikhil purchased a house for Rs. 20,00,000/- and gave it on rent immediately at the rate of Rs. 15,000/- per month. After five months, he sold the house fo...
A man bought 18 glasses for Rs.12 and sold 12 glasses for Rs 18. What is the profit percent?
If a shopkeeper buys toys at a price ranging from Rs. 175 to Rs. 200 and sells at prices ranging from Rs. 275 to Rs. 300, what is the maximum possible prof...
A Shopkeeper sold an article at 5% loss. If he had sold it for Rs. 350/- more, he would have made 20% profit, find the selling price of the article?
A dishonest seller, at the time of selling and purchasing uses weight 10% less and 20% more per kg respectively. Find the approx. percent profit earned by ...
When a shopkeeper sells 6 articles for Rs 30, he earns a profit of 25%. What will be his gain or loss percent if he sells 14 articles at Rs 61.60?
The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 750), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% loss. If s...
A loss of 10(1/2)% gets converted into a profit of 11(3/5)% when the selling price is increased by Rs132.60. The cost price (in Rs) of the article is:
A shopkeeper sold an article at a gain of 20%. Had he bought it for 20% less than the original cost and sold it for ₹10 less, he would have gained 25%. T...
A dealer sold an article at a loss of 4%. Had he sold it for ₹120 more, he would have gained 8%. To gain 11%, he should sell the article for?
After giving a discount of 20% on the marked price of an article, it is sold for ₹120. Had the discount not been given, the profit would have been 20%. W...
A shopkeeper has some toys. He sells two-third of the toys at a profit of 35% and the remaining toys at 10% loss. What is his overall percentage of profit?
A man sells two articles at 29.180 each. He gains 8% on one article and loses 15% on the other. His overall profit or loss is:
A trader marked an article 70% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 40%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 24, then f...
A trader marked an article 70% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 40%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 40, then f...
A man sold 30 articles for ₹100 and gained 20%. The number of articles he bought for ₹100 was:
On selling an anicle for ₹984, Arnn loses 18%. In order to gain 15%, he must sell it for:
Jagat Singh sold an article for ₹6,000 and incurred a loss. Had be sold it for ₹7,400, his profit would have been 2/3 of the amount of loss that he inc...
After getting two successive discounts, Seema got a shirt at ₹153, for which the marked price was ₹200. If the second discount was 15%, the first disco...
An anicle was sold for ₹1,215 after giving a discount of 19%. If a discount of 17.5% is given, then for how much (in ₹) should the article be sold?
A man spent 66% of his income in May. If his savings is increased by 20% in June and becomes Rs. 6120, then find the income of man in May.
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 3:7, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 800 such that there is ...
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 4:9, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 700 such that there is ...
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 7:12, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 540 such that there is...
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 5:9, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 900 such that there is ...
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 4:7, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 800 such that there is ...
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 7:10, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 400 such that there is...
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 8:13, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 600 such that there is...
The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 8:11, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 600 such that there is...
A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 200 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 25% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 900 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 25% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 350 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 40% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 600 after offering a discount of 40%. If he earned a profit of 50%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...

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