K C Sisodia Solutions for Chapter: Commercial Mathematics, Exercise 1: TEST YOUR SKILLS

A salesman sells a TV for $₹11200$ making a profit of $12\%$ and sells another TV at a loss of $10\%$. If on the whole, he makes a profit of $₹400$. Find the cost price$\left(\mathrm{in} ₹\right)$ of the second TV set.

By selling a shirt for $₹81$, a man gains $8\%$ . At what should he sell it to gain $12\%.$
(Write the answer by using the symbol $₹$)

A man sells an article at $15\%$above its cost price. If he had bought it at $15\%$ less than his cost price and sold it for $₹14$less, he would have gained $25\%$. Find the cost price$\left(\mathrm{in} ₹\right)$ of the article.

A man sells$6$  articles for $₨24$ and makes a profit of $20\%$. Find his gain or loss percent if he sells $15$ such articles for $₨47$?

$\mathrm{A}$ sold a table to $\mathrm{B}$ at $25\%$profit, $\mathrm{B}$ sold the same table to $\mathrm{C}$ for $₹96,$ thereby making a profit of$20\%$. Find the price at which $\mathrm{A}$  had purchased the table.

A man spent $10\%$ of his money and after losing $20\%$ of the remainder, he had $₹2160$ left. How much money had he at first?

A trader loses $10\%$on his cost price by selling tea at $₹270$ per $\mathrm{kg}$. At what price per $\mathrm{kg}$ should he sell it to gain $10\%$ on his cost? If the answer is $₹k$, find $k$.

A manufacture marks $800$ article at a cost of $75$ paise per article. He fixes the $S.P$ such that if only $640$ articles are sold, he would make a profit of $20\%$ on his outlay. He sold $680$ articles at this price. Find the actual profit percent on his outlay assuming that unsold articles are useless.