Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: Practice Exercise

A manufacturer makes a profit of $15\%$ by selling a colour TV for $Rs. 5750$. If the cost of manufacturing increases by $30\%$ and the price paid by the retailer is increased by $20\%$. Find the profit percent made by the manufacturer.

The cost of manufacturing of an article is made up of materials, labour and overheads in the ratio $4:3:2$. If the cost of labour is $Rs. 45$. Find the profit percent if the article is sold for $Rs. 180$

Rahim bought a TV with $20\%$ discount on the list price. Had he bought it on $25\%$ discount, he would have saved $Rs. 500$. At what price did he buy the TV?

Successive discounts of $p\%$ and $q\%$ on the catalogue price of an article is equivalent to a single discount:

By selling an article, a man makes a profit of $25\%$ of its selling price. His profit per cent is

By selling a bicycle for $₹2850$, a shopkeeper gains $14\%$. If the profit is reduced to $8\%$, then the selling price will be:

If the ratio of the cost price and the selling price of an article be as $10:11$, the percentage of profit is

A shopkeeper earns a profit of $12\%$ on selling a book at $10\%$ discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and the printed price of the book is