Disha Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: EXERCISE

A sells an article to B at a gain of $10\%$. B sells it to C at a gain of $5\%$. If C pays $₹462$ for it, what did it cost to A?

The profit obtained by selling a book for $\mathrm{Rs}.56$ is the same as the loss obtained by selling this book for $\mathrm{Rs}.42$. What is the cost price of the book?

By selling a toy for $\mathrm{Rs}.150$, a shop owner lost $\frac{1}{16}$th of what it cost to him. What is the C.P. of the toy?

Profit as a percentage of the selling price is $25\%$. Express it as a percentage of cost price:

A man sold a book at a profit of $10\%$. If he had charged $₹45$ more, his profit percentage would have been $25\%$. Find the $\mathrm{C}.\mathrm{P}.$ of the book.

An article is marked at $₹18,000$. A trader bought it at successive discounts of $25\%$ and $10\%$ respectively. He spent $₹1350$ on its transportation to his shop and then sold the article for $₹15,000$. What is trader's profit $\%$ in the whole transaction?

A shopkeeper professes to sell his good at $C.P.$ only. But he uses $750 gm$ weight at the place of $1000 gm$ weight for a $kg$. What is his net profit percentage?

Mohan bought a jute bag @ $30\%$ discount on the list price. He then sold it at a price which is $160\%$ of the list price thereby making a profit of $₹81$. What is the list price of the bag?