Monicaa Abhijit Solutions for Chapter: Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax, Exercise 5: THINKING SKILLS

Alka bought an article and spent $₹100$ on its repairs. She then sold it to Tina at a profit of $20\%$. After some time Tina sold it back to Alka at a loss of $20\%$. If Alka gains $₹240$, what is the amount for which Alka had bought the article?

A dealer comes from Mathura to Delhi to buy an article which costs $12\%$ less in Delhi than in Mathura. His expenses are $₹240$ and he makes a profit of $₹300$ on selling the article in Mathura. What did the article cost in Mathura? What is his profit percent?

A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a profit of $20\%$. The agent’s wholesale price to the shopkeeper is at a profit of $10\%$ and the shopkeeper retails his goods at a profit of $25\%$. Find the manufacturing price of the article in $₹$ which is sold by the retailer for $₹495$.

A manufacturer makes $750$ pencils at a cost of $60$ paise per pencil. He fixes the $\mathrm{S}.\mathrm{P}.$ such that if only $600$ pencils are sold, he would make a profit of $40\%$on his outlay. However, he sells $630$ pencils at this price. Find his actual profit percent as a percentage of total outlay assuming that the unsold articles are useless.