Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Chapter: Profit and Loss, Exercise 1: Practice Exercise

Anil purchased a TV set at $20\%$ discount. Had he got $25\%$ discount, he would have saved $₹500$ more. At what price did he purchase the set$?$

$7$ Oranges are bought for $3 .$ At what rate per hundred must they be sold to gain $33\%?$

A reduction in the price of apples enables a person to purchase $3$ apples for$₹1$ instead of $₹1.25$. What is the per cent reduction in price$?$

A man sold $18$ toys for $₹16800$, gaining thereby, the cost price of $3$ toys. Find the cost price of a toy.

A person buys some pencils at $5$ for a rupee and sells them at $3$ for a rupee. His gain per cent will be;

The cost price of an article is $64\%$ of the marked price. Calculate the gain per cent after allowing a discount of $12\%$.

A man sold two cars for $₹15640$ each, on one he gains $15\%$ and on the other he loses $15\%$. Find his gain or loss per cent in the whole transaction.

On selling a pen for $₹18$, a man losses $\frac{1}{10}$ of its cost price. The cost price of a pen is