R. D. Sharma Solutions for Chapter: Profit, Loss, Discount and Value Added Tax (Vat), Exercise 1: EXERCISE

A student buys a pen for $₹90$ and sells it for $₹100 .$ Find his gain and gain percent.

Rekha bought a saree for $₹1240$ and sold it for $₹1147$. Find her loss and loss percent.

A boy buys $9$ apples for $₹9.60$ and sells them at $11$ for $₹12$. Find his gain or loss percent.

The cost price of $10$articles is equal to the selling price of $9$ articles. Find the profit percent.

A retailer buys a radio for $₹225$. His overhead expenses are $₹15$. If he sells the radio for $₹300,$ determine his profit percent.

A retailer buys a cooler for $₹1200$ and overhead expenses on it are $₹40 .$ If he sells the cooler for $₹1550$, determine his profit percent.

The difference between two selling prices of a shirt at profits of $4\%$ and $5\%$ is $₹6$. Find the two selling prices of the shirt.

Toshiba bought $100$ hens for $\mathrm{Rs} 8000$ and sold $20$ of these at a gain of $5\%$. At what gain percent she must sell the remaining hens so as to gain $20\%$ on the whole?